GB 16689-2004Regional flag of Hong Kong special administrativeregion (English PDF)

3 Terms and definitions

4 Requirements

5 Test methods

6 Inspection rules

7 Marking, labelling and packaging

Foreword

This document was issued on 16 January 2004 by the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China, and has been in force since 1 July 2004.

It is the first edition of this standard.

Classification: ICS 01.080.10, CCS A22.

About this edition

GB 16689-2004 is the first edition of this standard. It was issued on 16 January 2004 and has been in force since 1 July 2004.

There is no earlier edition to compare it with, so a specification that has to refer to this subject can only cite GB 16689-2004 itself.

The interval between issue and effect is the transition period. It exists so that producers, laboratories and buyers can requalify products, revise procedures and use up documentation before the new text becomes the one that applies. The date on this page is the official one from the record of the Standardization Administration.

Classification and status

GB 16689-2004 is classified under ICS 01.080.10, in the field of generalities, terminology and documentation. ICS is the International Classification for Standards, the same scheme used by ISO and by the national bodies of most countries, which is what allows a Chinese standard to be placed beside its foreign counterparts on subject rather than on number.

Its Chinese Standard Classification code is CCS A22. CCS is the domestic scheme, a letter for the sector and two digits for the subject within it, and it is the code by which the standard is filed and searched in China.

The GB prefix without a suffix marks a mandatory national standard: compliance is required by law for the products or activities within its scope, and a product that does not meet it may not lawfully be placed on the Chinese market.