. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/TTO/9
31 January 2002
(02-0474)
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):   General household and
automotive cleaning chemical (ICS 71.100)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Requirement for
Labelling Part 15:  Labelling of General Household and Automotive Cleaning Chemical
(13 pages, in English)
6. Description of content:    This standard specifies the information to be included on labels of
individual packages of cleaning chemicals, collective units of such individual packages and
any accompanying instruction leaflets.
This standards applies to the labelling of all cleaning chemicals that are used for general
household and automotive cleaning purposes.  This includes laundry and other detergents,waxes, polishes, solvents, disinfectants, sanitizers and scouring pads containing a cleaning
chemical.
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 76 Part 15:  2001 – Requirements for labelling – Labelling of
general household and automotive cleaning chemicals.
References:
(a) TTS 21 10 500 Parts 15;  1988 – Requirements for Labelling Part 15 – Labelling of
General Household and Automotive Cleaning Chemicals.G/TBT/N/TTO/9
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9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }On a date to be notified by the Minister to whomresponsibility 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:   24 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:           