WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.178
29April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1858)
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): Retail packages of
pesticides
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Standard Specification
fortheLabelling ofRetail Packages ofPesticides (Approximately 23pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thisdocument gives definitions ofrelevant terms andoutlines
theinformation tobeincluded onlabels ofretail packages ofpesticides. Itspecifies the
wording andthemethod ofdisplay tobeusedforsuchinformation. Thedocument also
gives visual aidsofvarious types thatshould beused.
7. Objective andrationale: Toprovide relevant andadequate information toassist inthe
protection oftheconsumer ofretail packages ofpesticides.
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:July1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 30June1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: