Regulations Governing the CNS Mark Article 16

The product certification agency may take samples of CNS Mark products from the market, construction sites, or the plants of CNS Mark registered manufacturers to conduct testing on an irregular basis. The testing reports shall be prepared and provided to the CNS Mark registered manufacturers.For CNS Mark products that have undergone product sampling tests specified in the preceding Paragraph by a recognized testing laboratory, the testing laboratory shall notify the product certification agency of the test results. Where the test reports demonstrate compliance of the products with national standards, the testing mentioned in the preceding Paragraph may be exempted.If the test results mentioned in the preceding two Paragraphs does not show compliance with national standards, the CNS Mark registered manufacturers shall take corrective actions within one month, beginning on the following day, upon receipt of notices from the product certification agency and apply to the product certification agency or the recognized testing laboratory for re-testing.The re-testing mentioned in the preceding Paragraph shall be conducted on new samples randomly selected. Where the non-compliance is only limited to labeling, the check may be implemented only for the labeling.The product in question shall not use the CNS Mark during the period, starting from the following day, upon receipt of notices mentioned in Paragraph 3 to the date that compliance reports of product re-testing is received.Where the CNS Mark products are proved to be non-compliant with national standards and such non-compliance is verified by the product certification agency, it shall be processed in accordance with provisions of Paragraphs 3 to 5.