HONG KONG: CONSUMER GOODS SAFETY ORDINANCES The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 96.38. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: HONG KONG. If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2). 2. Agency responsible: Trade and Industry Branch. 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Consumer goods which are defined as goods ordinarily supplied for private use of consumption, including the packaging in which the consumer goods are supplied. Goods set out in the following Annex are exempted. ANNEX - Goods which fall OUTSIDE the ambit of the Consumer Goods Safety Ordinance are set out in the Schedule to the Ordinance. A copy of the Schedule is reproduced below: SCHEDULE - The following are not consumer goods within the meaning ascribed by Section 2 of this Ordinance: (a) Food and water; (b) pleasure craft and similar vessels; (c) aircraft (other than hang-gliders); (d) motor vehicles; (e) gas, liquefied petroleum gas containers, gas appliances, gas fittings and flexible gas tubing, as defined under the Gas Safety Ordinance (Cap. 51). (f) electrical products; (g) pesticides; (h) tobacco and tobacco products; (i) pharmaceutical products, poisons and antibiotics; (j) traditional Chinese medicines; (k) toys and children's products within the meaning of the Toys and Children's Products Safety Ordinance (Cap. 424); (i) any other goods the safety of which is controlled by specific legislation. 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Proposed Amendments to the Consumer Goods Safety Ordinance (CGSO) (6 pages). 6. Description of content: SAFETY LABELLING REQUIREMENT IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE. All consumer goods covered by the CGSO which carry safety labels should have the labels provided in both official languages, namely English and Chinese, when the concerned products are put on sale in the Hong Kong market. 7. Objective and rationale: To enhance the safety of consumers. 8. Relevant documents: Consumer Goods Safety Ordinance, Chapter 456 of the Laws of Hong Kong. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: Amendments will be made to the Ordinance by mid-1996. However, they will only come into effect after the lapse of a 12-month grace period. 10. Final date for comments: 30 April 1996. 11. Texts available from: National enquiry point () or address and telefax number of other body: Trade and Industry Branch, Government Secretariat, Lower Albert Road, Hong Kong, Fax: +852 2869 4420. (072)

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