. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/TTO/5
6 March 2001
(01-1080)
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):   Toys (ICS:  97.200.50)
(HS:  9503.90)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   S a f e t y  o f  t o y s  –
Part 2:  Flammability (5 pages, in English)
6. Description of content:   This part of TTS/ISO 8124 specifies the categories of flammable
materials which are prohibited in all toys and requirements concerning flammability of
certain toys when they are submitted to a small source of ignition.
The test methods described in clause 5 are used for the purposes of determining the
flammability of toys under the particular test conditions specified.  The test results thus
obtained cannot be considered as providing an overall indication of the potential fire hazard
of toys or materials when subjected to other sources of ignition.
This part of TTS/ISO 8124 includes general requirements relating to all toys and specific
requirements and methods of test relating to  the following toys which are considered as
being those presenting the greatest hazard:
- beards, moustaches, wigs, masks and other products worn on the head with
pile, hair or other attached material;
- disguise costumes (e.g. cowboy outfits, nurses' uniforms) including the
associated headgear, and toys intended to be worn by a child (excluding
products covered by 4.2 and paper novelty hats, e.g. those supplied incrackers);
- toys intended to be entered by a child (e.g. toy tents, puppet theatres,
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- filled soft toys with a pile surface or textile surface but excluding soft-
bodied dolls with heads and limbs made entirely from non-textile polymeric
material.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Compulsory status has been recommended in preventing fraud, deception, misleading,
labelling, inferior products (toys) and to give adequate information to the consumer or user.
8. Relevant documents:   TTS/ISO 5124-2: 2000 – Safety of toys – Part 2:  Flammability
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 bythe Standards Act.
10. Final date for comments:   20 April 2001
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:           