G/TBT/N/JAM/94  
6 July 2020  
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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 -3140-5/618 -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):  
Transportable gas containers, ICS 23.020.35  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Standard 
Specification for Inspection, retesting and use of transportable gas containers (40 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Jamaican Standard specifies requirements for inspection, 
retesting and use of steel cylinders.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This draft standard is a revision of and supersedes JS 41 : 2014.   It specifies 
the requirements for the inspection, retesting and use of steel cylinders for the conveyance 
of per manent, liquefiable and dissolved gases under pressure. The objective and rationale 
is to highlight the fact that the cylinders made i n compliance with specification DOT 4B, 
DOT 4BA, DOT 4BW, DOT 4E or ICC -26-3002 and are commercially free from corroding 
components and protected externally by a suitable corrosion –resistant coating maybe 
given a hydrostatic retest every twelve ( 12) years instead of every five (5) years. 
Alternatively, the cylinder maybe subjected to internal hydrostatic pressure of at least two 
times the marked service pressure without determination of expansions, but this latter 
type of test must be repeated every seven y ears after expiration of the first 12 year 
period. 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.   G/TBT/N/JAM/94  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  A notice of the Standard Speciﬁcation for Inspection, retesting and 
use of transportable gas containers 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 sale.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  3 June 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  3 June 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  3 September 2020  
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 full text of the proposed technical regulation (mandatory standard) can be directly 
accessed on the website of the Bureau Standards Jamaica: http://www.bsj.org.jm