WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.87
12March 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1024)
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): Brewery products
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Standard Specification
forBrewery Products, approximately eighteen (18)pages
6. Description ofcontent: Thedocument gives definition ofrelevant terms, product
description andclassification, composition, packaging, aswell asdetailed labelling
requirements.
7. Objective andrationale: Toensure thatconsumers receive properly labelled products of
acceptable quality.
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: