TPKM/357
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TW Taiwan
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  • 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
2019-04-19
2019-02-18

Turning machines and machining centres for cold metal (HS Chapters 84 and 85)

Proposal for Registration of Safety Information for turning machines and machining centres for cold metal under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (2 page(s), in Chinese)

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration intends to regulate turning machines and machining centres for cold metal to be subject to registration of safety Information, in accordance with Paragraph 1 and 3, Article 7 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. As of 1 August 2019, all such products shall conform to specified ISO standards and be registered at the Information Website before they are placed on the market. The registration of safety Information is performed by domestic manufacture or importer based on the specified ISO standards, i.e. ISO 23125:2015 (or CNS 15583:2016) for turning machines and ISO 16090-1:2017 for machining centres. Regarding the requirements for Functional Safety and EMC, a transitional period of 3 years will be provided and during the transitional period compliance with ISO 13849-1:1999 and IEC 61000 series is acceptable.