G/TBT/N/JAM/96  
17 December 2020  
(20-9154) 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 -3140-5/618 -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 23.020.30; Fluid storage devices (ICS 23.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Standard 
Specification for Transportable gas cylinders – Fully wrapped composite cylinders 
(63 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This standard specifies minimum requirements for the 
materials, design, construction, prototype testing and routine manufacturing inspections 
of composite gas cylinders with a water capacity up to and inclu ding 450 l for compressed, 
liquefied and dissolved gases.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This draft standard is a revision of and supersedes JS 322: 2012.  It specifies 
the minimum requirements for the  materials, design, construction, prototype testing and 
routine manufacturing inspections of fully wrapped composite gas cylinders with a water 
capacity up to and including 450 litres for compressed, liquefied and dissolved gases. This 
standard should also  be applicable to cylinders that comprise a liner of metallic material 
(welded or seamless) or non -metallic material (or a mixture thereof), reinforced by a 
wound composite consisting of fibres of glass, carbon or aramid (or a mixture thereof) 
embedded in a matrix. The objective and rationale is that the standard is seven (7) years 
old and due for systematic revision. These composite cylinders will be offered for sale on 
the local market within the next few months. 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; Not specified  G/TBT/N/JAM/96  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  A notice of the Standard Speciﬁcation for Composite cylinders, 
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:  12 Novembe r 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  12 November 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
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  
tbtenquirypoint@bsj.org.jm