RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.84
28March 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-0711)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SINGAPORE
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry oftheEnvironment
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):
Hazardous substances: paints containing leadcompounds
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: ThePoisons Act(Amendment of
Schedule) Notification 1995 andThePoisons (Amendment) Rules 1995
6. Description ofcontent: Thecontrol willrequire paints containing lead content
of0.06percentormore byweight ofthepaint tocarry caution label.
7. Objective andrationale: Thelabelling requirement willprovide information tothe
public about theleadcontent inthepaints andtheprecaution totakeinusing such
paints.
8. Relevant documents: Basic legislation: ThePoisons Act,chapter 345
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 1February 1995
10. Final dateforcomments: -
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: