. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/LCA/31 
3 September 2004 
 (04-3654) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  SAINT LUCIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Saint Lucia 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):   Brewery Products, 
ICS 67.160.10 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Standard 
Specification for Brewery Products - SLNS 77: 2003, (18 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content:   This standard specifies requirements for brewery products to be 
sold in Saint Lucia. Brewery products that conf orm to the requirements of this standard and 
are manufactured under an approved system of  quality assurance are eligible to use the 
St. Lucia Standards Mark, which is administered  by the Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards. 
 The standard does not cover beverages so ld under common names including the words 
"beer", "ale", that are not derived from cereals (for example, ginger beer, ginger ale, root beer). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Beer, stout, shandy, malta and other brewer y products are produced and consumed in 
significant quantities in Saint Lucia. This standard is intended to set levels of composition 
and quality that are generally acceptable to c onsumers in Saint Lucia, the rest of the 
CARICOM region and beyond and meet the re quirements of regulatory authorities. 
8. Relevant documents:   Association of Official Analy tical Chemists (AOAC) "Methods of 
Analysis" 17th Edition 2000, Vol. II - Canada, Food and Drugs Regul ations, Section B.02, (1988); 
- J Association of Public Analysts; 
- Excise Laboratory, Food and Drugs Division, Trinidad and Tobago; 
- Trinidad and Tobago Brewery Act; and - Trinidad and Tobago Food and Drugs Regulations, (1980). 
- Jamaica Bureau of Standards - Caribbean Breweries Association 
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A Notice will be published in the Saint. Lu cia Gazette once this standard is officially 
adopted as a mandatory standard.  The relevant Statutory Instrument will also be gazetted.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  On a date to be determined by the Minister with responsibility 
for standards matters in Saint Lucia.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  On a date to be determined by the Minister with 
responsibility for standards matters in Saint Lucia.  
10. Final date for comments:   23 October 2004 
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:        
E-mail:  slbs@candw.lc 
Website: www.slbs.org.lc