. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/LCA/5
5 September 2003
(03-4647)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SAINT LUCIA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses,
if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the
notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [     ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Margarine and Cooking
Margarine;  Shortening;  Biscuits;  Wheat Flour;  Coconut Oil;  Rum Bottled;  Pasta Products;
Ketchup;  Chocolate Confectionery and Cocoa Products;  Spices and Sauces;  Bottled water;
Pneumatic Tyres for Passenger Cars;  Rice;  Labels of Brewery Products;  Labels of
Pre-packaged Goods;  Labels of Pre-packaged Food;  Labels of Retail Packages of Pesticides
and other Toxic Chemicals;  Labels of Brewery Products;  Labels of Retail Packages ofCigarettes
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:
(a) Procedures Manual for Inspection Performance (24 pages, in English)
(b) Procedures Manual for Processing of Customs and Import Inspection Forms (8 pages, in
English)
(c) Procedure for the Inspection and Approval of Labels for the Compulsory Labelling
Standards and other Standards which incorporate labelling requirements (10 pages, inEnglish)
6. Description of content:   Establishes the requirements which have to be met by locally
produced and imported products (for which mandatory standards have been declared) and the
conformity assessment procedures with respect to the sale of these products.  The accepted
documents of conformity include a certificate from a recognized competent authority where
the goods are produced, indicating that the products are acceptable or certified for sale in the
country of origin or laboratory tests conducted by a recognized laboratory to show compliancewith the relevant St. Lucia National Standard.  The programme encourages the use of
supplier's declarations.  These documents of conformity are necessary to ensure that these
products sold conform to acceptable health, safety, performance and labelling requirements as
set out in the standards.G/TBT/N/LCA/5
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Compulsory Standards Compliance Programme:  Procedures Manual for Inspection
Performance:  Establishes de guidelines for inspection activities under the Compulsory
Standards Compliance Programme.  These guidelines cover the enactment of powers that are
described in the Standards Act No. 14 of 1990.  These guidelines cover the enactment of
powers that are described in the Standards Act No. 14 of 1990.
Compulsory Standards Compliance Programme:  Procedures Manual for Processing of
Customs and Import Inspection Forms:  Provides guidelines for the processing of Customs
and Import Inspection forms in the implementation of the Compulsory Standards Compliance
Programme.  These guidelines cover the enactment of powers that are described in the
Standards Act No. 14 of 1990.
Procedure for the Inspection and Approval of L abels for the Compulsory Labelling Standards
and other Standards which incorporate labelling requirements:  Outlines the procedures to be
followed for the actual inspection and approval of labels that are specified in Saint Lucia
Labelling Standards.  This document deals with the establishment of the administrative and
practical mechanisms necessary for determin ing compliance with the relevant labelling
requirements.  These procedures involve the actual forms or checklist to be used for the
inspection, the appropriate fee structure, the records to be maintained, and the corrective
action process for determining compliance.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   To
ensure that products sold on the market for which mandatory (compulsory) standards have
been declared, conform to acceptable health, safety, performance and labelling requirementsas set out in the standards.
To prevent the entry of goods into the market place which are likely to be a danger to the
health and safety of consumers and/or the environment.
8. Relevant documents:   Standards Act No. 14, 1990;  Standards Regulations;  Standards Fees
Regulations (Statutory Instrument, 2003, No. 47);  ISO Guides-23, 28, 53, 27, 61;  ISO/IEC
Guides 65: 1996, 17010.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }1st July 2003
10. Final date for comments:   -
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards (SLBS)
TBT Enquiry PointHeraldine Rock Building, 4
th Floor,
John Compton Highway
Castries
Saint Lucia – West Indies
Tel.: (+758)  4530049, 4560546
Fax: (+758)  452 3561
E-mail: slbs@candw.lc / info@slbs.org.lc
Website: www.slbs.org.lc