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1.Adopted and promulgated by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection, Ministry of Economics Affairs on June 14, 2011.
2.Amended and promulgated by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection, Ministry of Economics Affairs on August 4, 2014.
3.Amended and promulgated by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection, Ministry of Economics Affairs on June 4, 2020.
4.Amended and promulgated by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection, Ministry of Economics Affairs on July 16, 2025. |
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1.These regulations were established for the inspection of eraser commodities by the Bureau of
Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI).
2.The inspection of eraser commodities shall be conducted through two schemes, i.e. monitoring
inspection and registration of product certification [Type test module (Module 2) and Declaration of
Conformity to Type module (Module 3)].
3.Inspection standards and inspection items:
(1)The commodity appearance, the content of six kinds of phthalate plasticisers (DBP, BBP, DEHP,
DNOP, DINP, DIDP) and the content of heavy metals, such as antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium,
chromium, lead, mercury and selenium, in any harmful substances shall be examined in accordance
with CNS 6856.
(2)The Chinese labeling shall be inspected in accordance with CNS 6856 and the Labeling Criteria
for Stationery Commodities.
4.Scheme of the monitoring inspection:
(1)The obligatory inspection applicant shall apply to the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and
Inspection (BSMI) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs or its local office (hereinafter referred to as
the inspection authority) for purchase of the commodity inspection mark printed by the BSMI. The
applicant who intends to be granted the permission to print the commodity inspection mark shall
apply for monitoring inspection registration. To apply for printing the commodity inspection mark,
the applicant shall complete the “Application for Printing the Commodity Inspection Mark” and
attach the monitoring inspection registration certificate to it. The application shall be filed with the
local inspection authority for printing the mark, which is comprised of the alphabet “M” and a
designated code. The designated code shall be the monitoring inspection registration number.
(2)To apply for the inspection of eraser commodities imported or manufactured domestically, the
obligatory inspection applicant shall itemize commodities in the application based on type number,
specification or bar code, and enter the name, type number, specification or bar code of the eraser
commodity, commodity inspection mark number and manufacturing date into the BSMI computer
system.
(3)If the commodities that are inspected batch by batch are found to be compliant with the
regulations for ten successive batches, the commodities in future applications that are delivered by
the same obligatory inspection applicant, are made by the same manufacturer (or same factory),
come from the same country of origin and have the same C.C.C. Code will be inspected by
sampling the batches at 50%. After adoption of the above randomly selected batch inspection, if the
commodities are found to be compliant with regulations for 50 successive batches without any
record of unconformity in a year, the commodities in future applications will be inspected by
sampling the batches at 20%. As for the batches not drawn for sampling, document review shall
apply.
(4)Sampling is conducted based on a computer-generated list of the items in the batch drawn at
random. For an inspection application listing only one item, that item shall be sampled. For
applications listing between two and one hundred items, a sampling rate of two items for every five
items shall apply, with at least two items and no more than ten items sampled. For applications
listing more than 100 items, one additional item shall be sampled for every ten items in excess of
100, with a maximum of ten items in total. Five pieces (sets) of commodities in each item are
sampled at random as the samples, which shall be inspected in accordance with the preceding
Article; the commodity inspection mark and the Chinese declaration labeling for the commodity
sample shall also be examined. The sampling ratio may be raised if necessary.
(5)For batches not sampled, document review shall be conducted based on the computer-generated
list of items at the sampling ratio provided in the above paragraph. The commodity inspection mark
and the specimen of the Chinese declaration label shall also be examined. A sampling inspection
may be conducted if necessary.
(6)If the inspection authority accepting the inspection application agrees to release the eraser
commodities before inspection, the obligatory inspection applicant shall notify the inspection
authority to inspect the commodity inspection mark and the Chinese declaration label and sample
and seal up the commodities at the site where the commodities are stored, after having completed
transportation, storage and relevant arrangements for the commodities.
(7)Inspection unit: inspection authority or a designated inspection unit; inspection period: within
seven days after sampling.
(8)Commodities that fail to meet the requirements provided in the regulations shall result in return,
destruction or application for an improvement plan of the commodities in compliance with the
Regulations Governing Disposition of Commodities Failing Inspection. Products that comply with
the requirements may be released separately. The inspection authority shall process such items in
accordance with the following rules:
a.Commodities that do not comply with inspection requirements and are to be returned in whole or
destroyed in whole shall be handled in accordance with the Procedure for Returning and Destroying
Commodities.
b.For commodities fail to comply with inspection requirements and are intended to be re-submitted
for inspection after rectification, the applicant shall apply to the BSMI by submitting a
Re-inspection Application Form together with the Notice of Commodity Failing Inspection, the
import declaration (not required for domestically manufactured products), the verification certificate
of replaced parts, and proof of compliance for non-sampled items concerning key inspection items
specified in the first items of the previous point(not include appearance). For cases where the
non-compliant items are partially destroyed partially or returned, and the remaining non-sampled
items are intended to be re-submitted for inspection, the obligated applicant shall apply to the BSMI
by submitting a Re-inspection Application Form together with the Notice of Commodity Failing
Inspection, the import declaration (not required for domestically manufactured products), and proof
of compliance for the non-sampled items concerning key inspection items specified in the first items
of the previous point(not include appearance). Upon approval by the BSMI, the applicant shall
apply to the inspection authority for re-application by presenting the approval letter, the Notice of
Commodity Failing Inspection, and the record of supervised rectification or destruction.
c.For the application for re-inspection of unsatisfactory commodities, the sampling ratio shall be
double the number provided in Paragraph (4). Any and all improved items that were determined to
be unsatisfactory and have applied for re-inspection shall certainly be drawn to be examined.
(9)If the inspection result shows that a batch of sampled commodities is unsatisfactory, the
simplified sampling method specified in Paragraph (3) shall not be adopted for future applications
filed by the same obligatory inspection applicant for inspection of any and all commodities made by
the same manufacturer (or same factory), from the same country of origin and with the same C.C.C.
Code as that of the unsatisfactory commodities unless these commodities are inspected batch by
batch and found to be compliant with the regulations for twenty successive batches.
(10)If the result of an inspection of a sample eraser commodity purchased from the market indicates
its failure to meet the inspection standards or its violation of the regulations by circumventing the
inspection, the simplified sampling method specified in Paragraph (3) shall not be adopted for future
applications filed by the same obligatory inspection applicant for inspection of any and all
commodities made by the same manufacturer (or same factory), from the same country of origin
and with the same C.C.C. Code as that of the sampled commodity unless these commodities are
inspected and found to be compliant with the regulations for twenty successive batches. The
inspection authority shall also request the obligatory inspection applicant in written form to recall
and correct all the commodities with the same type, specification or bar code made by the same
manufacturer (or same factory) on the same manufacturing date and from the same country of origin
as that of the sampled commodity within a given period of time. Failure to correct the commodities
shall result in return or destruction of the commodities.
5.Scheme of the registration of product certification:
(1)Definition:
a.Same type: Same manufacturing factory and same country of origin
b.Main type: Commodity selected as the main type among all commodities of the same type
c.Series of the type: All commodities of the same type, except the main type commodity
(2)Type test:
a.Procedure for accepting the application for a type test report: The application for registration of
product certification shall be filed with the inspection authority or a designated eraser laboratory
recognized by the inspection authority. With the application, at least five samples of each main type
eraser commodity and series of the type shall be submitted. In addition, three copies of the
completed Commodity Types Classification Form for the Registration of Product Certification shall
be attached to the application. The accepting unit shall check whether the submitted samples
conform to the type number or specification specified in the Commodity Types Classification Form
for the Registration of Product Certification.
b.Inspection items: Each main type commodity and series of the type shall be inspected in
compliance with Article 3.
c.The CNS Mark Certification inspection report issued within a year prior to the application for
registration of product certification may be substituted for a type test report issued for the
commodity that has the same commodity name and same type number as that of the commodity in
the CNS Mark Certification inspection report.
(3)Type test fee: Such a test is subject to the test rates charged by the unit accepting the inspection.
(4)Application for issuing the certificate with respect to registration of product certification: The
applicant shall prepare basic documents, conformity assessment documents 〔including the type test
report issued by the inspection authority or a designated eraser laboratory recognized by the
inspection authority, and the Declaration of Conformity to Type (Annex 1)〕and technical documents
〔including the Commodity Types Classification Form for the Registration of Product Certification
(Annex 2), 4” x 6” color photos of the commodity, manufacturing process summary, specimen
of the Chinese declaration label, and the Existing Quality Assurance System Descriptions (Annex 3)〕
based on each main type and then apply for the certificate with the inspection authority.
(5)Review period: Seven working days (excluding the period of time when the application is
pending due to the need for supplementary documents), and another seven working days if a test of
the samples is requested
(6)The certificate shall be effective for three years. The application filed by the holder of the
certificate for its extension shall be limited to one time only.
(7)The commodity inspection mark, which is comprised of the alphabet “R” and the designated
code, can be printed by the obligatory inspection applicant in compliance with applicable
regulations. |