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2023-08-26 Drafts In order to maintain airworthiness of aircrafts, Article 19, 21 and 28 of "Regulations of Airworthiness and Maintenance Management for Aviation Products, Appliances and Parts" are amended as reference to ICAO Annex8 CHARTER 4. 4.2.4. (Send your comments on or before 2023-09-08)
2023-08-12 Drafts In order to implement gender equality policies, the number of members in the Maritime Accident Committee for both genders shall not be less than 1/3. (Send your comments on or before 2023-10-11)
2023-07-25 Drafts With a view to ensuring the safety of exterior tile used in public construction, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) intends to regulate the inspection requirements for exterior tile. The conformity assessment procedure for all such products will be Registration of Product Certification (Module II Type Test + Module VII Factory Inspection). (Send your comments on or before 2023-07-27)
2023-06-03 Drafts In order to protect the rights of Crime victims and/or their family members. The relevant authorities' obligations, the application and review procedures of Crime victim compensation and the qualifications of leadership of the Protection organization and its branches are established. (Send your comments on or before 2023-06-16)
2023-06-03 Drafts Portable air conditioners are gaining popularity among consumers. Considering that they share similar risks with air conditioners, which are already regulated by BSMI, BSMI proposes to add portable air conditioners into the scope of legal inspection. It is planned that Portable Air Conditioners shall comply with the legal inspection requirements on 1st, January 2025. Two alternative conformity assessment procedures are made available for the choice of applicants, i.e. Registration of Product Certification (RPC) or Type-Approved Batch Inspection (TABI). (Send your comments on or before 2023-08-01)
2023-05-30 Drafts At present, only upright freezers of which the storage volume does not exceed 400L are in the scope of mandatory inspection of BSMI. However, the storage volume of commercial upright freezers has increased. Upright freezers with storage volume not exceeding 700L become popular in the market. In addition to that, horizontal freezers are also getting popular among consumers recently. As a result of risk assessment, BSMI proposes to add upright and horizontal freezers with storage volume not exceeding 700L into the scope of legal inspection. (Send your comments on or before 2023-07-28)
2023-05-27 Drafts With a view to enhancing the safety of toys, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) is proposing to adopt the updated version of CNS and ISO 8124-1:2022 (contents related to flying toys only) as inspection standards. The BSMI is proposing to remove 2 categories of toys (Stuffed toys and Blocks) from the list of products subject to Monitoring Inspection (MI) or Registration of Product Certification (RPC). These products are assessed to be of low risk and shall be subject to the conformity assessment procedure of Declaration of Conformity (DOC), which requires tests to be performed at designated testing laboratories and a declaration of conformity to be issued for declaring that the products comply with relevant inspection standards. The conformity assessment procedures remain the same, i.e. MI, RPC or DOC. (Send your comments on or before 2023-07-25)
2023-05-24 Drafts To comply with the policy reviewed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, there is one classification to be revised. (Send your comments on or before 2023-07-24)
2023-05-20 Drafts The amendment is drafted according to the Addendum No. 1 of the 2023-2024 Edition of "Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air" issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization. (Send your comments on or before 2023-06-02)
2023-05-13 Drafts In order to simplify application procedures and facilitate the clearance for PPP projects, there are 94 Articles in the draft revision of "Enforcement Rules of Act for Promotion of Private Participation in Infrastructure Projects" to be amended. (Send your comments on or before 2023-07-11)
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