WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.85
12March 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1022)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: JAMAICA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: TheBureau ofStandards (Jamaica) JBS
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Rum
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Standard Specification
forRum (Revised), approximately sixteen (16)pages
6. Description ofcontent: Thisisarevision oftheStandard published in1988. General
anddetailed requirements forrumareprescribed. Therevision introduces aclause
allowing theuseofapproval blenders. Thelabelling clause stipulates thatoftheblended
rumissoldinretail quantities, theblenders shall bedeclared onthelabel. Sampling
procedures aregiven andtestmethods areappended.
7. Objective andrationale: Toenable theconsumer toreceive aquality product andalsoto
expand theexport market fortheproduct.
8. Relevant documents: ANotice ofthestandard willappear intheJamaica Gazette
Supplement -Proclamations, Rules andRegulations. When adopted, thedocument will
appear asaJamaica National Standard which willbeavailable forsale.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:June1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 30April 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: