. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/LCA/15
1 December 2003
(03-6367)
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 [  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):   Packaged Water –
HS 2201.901
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   *SLNS 13:  2000 –
Standard for Packaged Water – Mineral Water, Spring Water, Purified Water (41 pages, in
English)
6. Description of content:   This standard specifies requirements for the purity, treatment,
bacteriological acceptability, packaging and labelling of spring waters, mineral waters, and
purified waters that are prepackaged for sale and used as beverages or in foods.
This standard does not apply to water distributed by public water supply system, to the
carbonated beverage soda water, or to bottled water sold for purposes other than as a
beverage.
This standard should be used in conjunction with the Saint Lucia Code of Hygienic Practice
for the Collecting, Processing and Marketing of Bottled Water SLCP 3:  2000
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To set levels of quality and safety for packaged water produced and traded in Saint Lucia.
8. Relevant documents:
(a) The Food and Drugs Regulations, Canada (1980-1986).  Division 12;
(b) The Food and Drugs Regulations, United States, 1996, title 21, sub-part 103.35 and
part 129 of the code of Federal Regulations;
(c) Codex Alimentarius Standard CODEX STAN 108-1981, European Regional
Standard for Natural Mineral Waters;G/TBT/N/LCA/15
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(d) Guide to Good Bottled Water Standard, BSDA, 1995;
(e) Beverages:  Technology, Chemistry and Microbiology, Allan H. Varnan and
James P. Sutherland, Vol. 2
(f) ISO Standard Compendium, Environmental – Water Quality, Vol. 3 –
Physical, Biological and Microbiological Methods, First Edition
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Already in force
10. Final date for comments:   Already in force
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] 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 Point
Heraldine Rock Building, 4th floor
John Compton Highway
Castries
Saint LuciaWest Indies
Tel.: (758) 4530049, 4560546, 4684235
Fax: (758) 4523561
E-mail: slbs@candw.lc
Website:  www.slbs.org.lc