. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/2/Add.77 
5 March 2004 
 
 (04-0984) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
 
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT  
ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE 
 
Communication from Papua New Guinea
 
 
Addendum  
  
 The following statement under Article 15.2 of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade 
has been received from Papua New Guinea. 
 
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 I. RELEVANT LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
1. The circulation of the WTO Agreement, includ ing the TBT Agreement, to all governmental 
and statutory bodies requires them to comply with its principles and provisions.  
2. Act – 1993, which established the National Ins titute of Standards and Industrial Technology 
(NISIT), requires NISIT to assist all sectors of the Papua New Guinea (PNG) economy to reduce 
technical barriers to trade.  NISIT is the respons ible agency for standard-setting activities and for the 
accreditation of laboratories.  The Technical Standards Division of NISIT is responsible for drafting primary and industrial standards.  The Papua  New Guinea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme 
(PNGLAS), a division in NISIT, is responsible for the accreditation of testing and calibration 
laboratories. 
II. TRANSPARENCY 
A. P
UBLICATIONS  
3. Papua New Guinea notices of draft technical  regulations, standards and conformity 
assessment procedures are published in the PNG lo cal newspapers and in the NISIT Quarterly 
Newsletter. 
4. Papua New Guinea notices of adopted technical  regulations, standards and conformity 
assessment procedures are published in the Papua New Guinea National Gazette.  They are then 
published in the PNG local newspapers a nd in the NISIT Quarterly Newsletter. 
5. All technical regulations, standards and conf ormity assessment pro cedures are published in 
two of NISIT's documents:  Technical regulations  are published in the “Register of Mandatory 
Standards, Reference in the Legislation of PNG” .  Standards and conformity assessment procedures 
are published in the “Papua New Guinea Standards Catalogue”.  They can also be consulted on the 
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 B. T
IME ALLOWED FOR COMMENTS  
6. According to NISIT Directive 1994 – Part I, the TBT Agreement and the TBT Committee's 
Recommendation, at least two months (60 days) are provided for comments on PNG draft technical 
regulations, standards and conformity assessment  procedures. Time may vary depending on the 
urgency. 
7. Notices of all PNG draft technical regula tions, standards and conformity assessment 
procedures are published in the local newspaper and in the NISIT newsletter.  In future, notices will 
be published on the website. Notices of drafts are also  circulated directly to the relevant parties. 
C. ENQUIRY POINT  
 The National Institute of Standards and Indu strial Technology (NISIT) is the TBT Enquiry 
Point: 
 
 National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology (NISIT)  P O Box 3042 
 BOROKO 
 National Capital District  Papua New Guinea 
 
 Telephone:  +(675) 323 1852      +(675) 311 2146  
 Fax:   +(675) 325 8793 
 Email:   jmoses@nisit.gov.pg  Website:  www.nisit.gov.pg 
 
 Contact Person:  Mr. Johnny Moses 
 
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