G/TBT/N/JAM/102  
21 June 2021  
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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:   
Bureau of Stand ards 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 
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):  Toys ICS 
97.200.50; Toys (ICS 97.200.50)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Standard 
Specification for Safety of toys - Part 7 Requirements and test methods for finger paints 
Amendment 1 (62 page(s), in English)  
6. Descr iption of content:  This part of ISO 8124 specifies requirements for the substances 
and materials used in finger paints. It is applicable to finger paints only.   
It is not applicable to paints intended to be applied to the face or body e.g. face paints.  
Additional requirements are specified for markings, labelling and containers.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This standard was previously adopted however; the International 
Organization for Standardiz ation (ISO) has since published an updated version of the 
same standard. The adoption of the updated version of this standard is deemed necessary 
as children are the main consumers of toys and the protection of their health and safety 
is crucial.   The obje ctive and rationale is to establish requirements locally that will 
minimize potential hazards associated with toys resulting from their intended play modes 
(normal use) as well as unintended play modes (reasonably foreseeable abuse). This 
standard which pr omotes the protection of human health and safety will be adopted as a 
compulsory standard.; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   G/TBT/N/JAM/102  
 
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  A notice of the Safety of toys - Part 7 Requirements and test methods for finger  paints  
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:  20 February 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 August 2022  
10. Final date for comments:  20 August 2021  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] 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  
Contacts: Ms Nadette Brown and Ms Tafara Smith  
6 Winchester Road  
Kingston 10  
 
+(876) -618-1534; +(876) -632-4275 
tbtenquirypoint@bsj.org.jm  
http://www.bsj.org.jm