WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CUB/3
13 November 2001
(01-5703)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CUBA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   National Bureau of Standards (NC)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:  Mandatory
standards adopted.
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Portable fire
extinguishers.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Mandatory Cuban
Standard NC 53:1999 (Parts 1 to 5) Approved by National Bureau of Standards Resolution
99-1999 of 27 December 1999.
6. Description of content:   Establishes regulations for portable fire extinguishers, their
ratings, discharge time, testing and construction requirements.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Guarantee that portable fire extinguishers are in an appropriate technical state.
8. Relevant documents:   The journal " Normalización " (Standardization).
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Upon issue.
Proposed date of entry into force:  27 December1999
10. Final date for comments:   Not applicable.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body:  Available in
Spanish.