. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/TTO/12
31 January 2002
(02-0478)
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 –
Ordinary and Rapid-hardening – ICS:  91.100.10)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Portland Cement –
Ordinary and Rapid-hardening – Specification:  Part 1 (7 pages, in English)
6. Description of content:   This National Standard specifies requirements for ordinary and
rapid hardening Portland Cement.  It includes requirements for manufacture, composition,chemical and physical properties, sampling, testing, packaging and labelling.
This National Standard does not apply to sulphate resistant cement.
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 1:2002 – Portland Cement – Ordinary and Rapid-
hardening – Specification:  Part
References:
(a) JS 32:  1999 Part 1 – Specification for Portland Cement (Ordinary and Rapid-
hardening); and
(b) BS 1:  1996 – Specification for Portland CementG/TBT/N/TTO/12
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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:           