WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/GUY/5
11 November 2003
(03-6024)
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:   GUYANA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Guyana National 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 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwis e national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Furniture. (ICS number:
97.140).
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Specification for
labelling of commodities:  Part 5 – Labelling of furniture.  (3 pages, available in English).
6. Description of content:   This Technical regulation specifies the labelling requirements for
furniture.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Prevention of fraud or misrepresentation arising from misleading advertising and labelling.
8. Relevant documents:   Guyana National Bureau of Standards Act 11 of 1984 (Section 20
and 22) and Guyana National Bureau of Standards (Compulsory Standard Specifications)
Order.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   31 October 2003
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: