G/TBT/N/JAM/80  
6 August 2019  
(19-5097) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  JAMAICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Bureau of Standards Jamaica  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Regional and International Trade Branch  
6 Winchester Road  
Kingston 10  
Jamaica W.I.  
Email: info@bsj.org.jm /tbtenquirypoint@bsj.org.jm  
Website: http://www.bsj.org.j m 
Tel.: 1 (876) 926 -3140-5/618 -1534/632 -4275 
Fax: 1 (876) 929 -4736 
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):  Electric 
appliances connected to the water mains; Water supply systems (ICS 91.140.60), 
Domestic electrical appliances in general (ICS 97.030)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Electric 
appliances connected to the water mains – Avoidance of backsiphonage and failure of 
hose-sets (29 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This International Standard specifies requirements for 
appliances for household and similar purposes to prevent the backsiphonage of non -
potable water into the water mains. It also specifies requirements for hose -sets used for 
connecting such appliances t o the water mains that supply water at a pressure not 
exceeding 1 MPa.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To specify requirements for connecting household appliances to domestic 
water mains, addressing th e actions required to prevent the pollution of potable water 
and requirements covering protection devices that mitigate pollution by backflow.  
8. Relevant documents:   
A notice of the Standard Speciﬁcation for Electric appliances connected to the water mai ns 
– Avoidance of backsiphonage and failure of hose -sets will appear in The Jamaica Gazette 
Supplement - Proclamations, Rules and Regulations. The document will appear as a 
Jamaican Standard Specification, with mandatory status, and will be available for s ale. G/TBT/N/JAM/80  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  Date of publication in the Jamaica Gazette Supplement - 
Proclamations, Rules and Regulations.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  2 October 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  2 October 2019  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
The front matter of the proposed technical regulation (mandatory standard) can be 
directly accessed on the webs ite of the Bureau Standards Jamaica: http://www.bsj.org.jm  
and the full text may be requested through the Regional and International Trade Branch.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/JAM/19_4342_00_e.pdf