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Agency responsible:

State Administration for Market Regulation (Standardization Administration of the P.R.C.)

Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Agricultural machinery (HS code(s): 842430; 84244; 842482); (ICS code(s): 65.060.40)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: National Standard of the P.R.C.,Agricultural machinery—Safety—Part 6: Equipment for crop protection; (37 page(s), in Chinese)

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Description of content: This document specifies the safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of sprayers, knapsack, mounted, semi-mounted, trailed and self-propelled agricultural sprayer machines for use with plant protection products (PPP) and liquid fertilizer application.

The document specifies the types of information on safe working practices (including residual risks) to be provided by the manufacturer.

This document applies to significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to sprayers and liquid fertilizer distributors when they are used as intended and under foreseeable conditions by the manufacturer, excepting the hazards arising from protection of the driver against spray when spraying, automatically actuated height adjustment systems, the environmental factors other than noise, moving parts for power transmission except strength requirements for guards and barriers.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Protection of human health or safety

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Relevant documents:

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: 12 month after approval

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

WTO/TBT National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China

Tel：+86 10 57954633 / 57954627

E_mail: tbt@customs.gov.cn

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