./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/TTO/11
31 January 2002
(02-0477)
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:   TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Trinidad and Tobago 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, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Portland Cement
[ICS 91.100.10]
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Portland Cement –
Ordinary Rapid-hardening – Chemical Test Methods (41 pages, in English)
6. Description of content:   This National Standard describes the procedures for the chemical
analysis of cement.
This standard describes the reference procedures and, in certain cases, an alternative method
which can be considered as giving equivalent result.  In the case of a dispute, only thereference procedures are to be used.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Compulsory status has been recommended in order to protect the consumer or user against
danger to health or safety by ensuring a product of acceptable quality.
8. Relevant documents:   TTS 584 Part 2: 2002 – Portland Cement – Ordinary and Rapid-
hardening – Chemical Test Methods
References
(a) JS 32 Part 2: 1999 – Test Methods for Ordinary and Rapid-hardening Portland
Cement (Chemical tests);
(b) ISO 680:  1990 – Cement – Test Methods – Chemical analysis;  and
(c) BS EN 196-21: 1992 – Methods of testing cement – Determination of the chloride,
carbon dioxide and alkali content of cement.G/TBT/N/TTO/11
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9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }On a date to be notified by the Minister towhom responsibility for trade and industry is
assigned, in a Notice to be published in the
Trinidad and Tobago Gazette as required by
the Standards Act.
10. Final date for comments:   20 February 2002
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:           