G/TBT/N/JAM/105  
22 December 2021  
(21-9571) 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 In ternational Trade Branch  
6 Winchester Road  
Kingston 10  
Jamaica W.I.  
Email: tbtenquirypoint@bsj.org.jm ; Website: http://www.bsj.org.jm  
Tel.: 1 (876) 926 -3140-5/ (876) 61 8-1534/ (876) 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):  Vessels 
and containers mounted on vehicles (ICS 23.020.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Standard 
Specification for The Repair and Rebuilding of Low -pressure Welded Steel Transportable 
Gas Containers. (21 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Jamaican Standard specifies requirements for the repair 
and rebuilding of low -pressure transportable gas containers and the subsequent testing 
of these transportable gas containers befo re re-use. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This standard specifies the requirements for the repair and rebuilding of low -
pressure transportable gas containers made in accordance with JS 25 Jamaican Sta ndard 
Specification for Transportable gas containers, and the subsequent testing of these 
transportable gas containers before re -use. This standard does not apply to containers 
designed and manufactured to contain dissolved acetylene. Repairs to valves and  fittings, 
which are not permanent attachments to the transportable gas container, shall not be 
covered by this standard.   The revised standard is intended to be mandatory and aims to 
provide assurance that adequate health and safety protection exists for the intended users 
of the cylinders.; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
A notice of the Standard Speciﬁcation for The Repair and Rebuilding of Low -pressure 
Welded Steel Transportable Gas  will appear in The Jamaica Gazette Supplement - G/TBT/N/JAM/105  
 
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  Proclamations, Rules and Regulations. The document will appear as a Jamaican Standard 
Specification, with mandatory status, and will be available for sale.    
9. Proposed date of adoption:  21 November 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  21 November 2022  
10. Final date for comments:  21 February 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ)  
Regional & International Trade Branch  
6 Winchester Road  
Kingston 10  
+(876) -618-1534; +(876) -632-4275 
tbtenquirypoint@bsj.org.jm   
http://www.bsj.org.jm   
info@bsj.org.jm