G/TBT/N/TTO/121/Rev.2  
9 July 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member:  TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards  
1-2 Century Drive Trincity Industrial Estate  
Macoya, Tunapuna  
Tel : 868 -645-6222 
Fax: 868 -663-4335 
Email: ttbs@ttbs.org.tt   
Website: www.gottbs.com    
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:    
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)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Safety of toys - 
Compulsory requirements (8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This standard establishes compulsory requirements for the 
following elements and chemicals including: a ntimony, arsenic, barium, boron, cadmium, 
chromium, lead, mercury, phthalates and selenium contained within new, seconds, 
reconditioned and refurbished toys. It also includes labelling requirements for all toys.  
The requirements apply to the following toys, components of toys and toy materials:  
• all intended food and oral contact toys, cosmetics toys and writing instruments 
categorized as toys irrespective of any age grading or recommended age labelling;  
• all toys intended for or suitable for ch ildren up to seventy -two months of age;  
• accessible coatings, irrespective of any age grading or recommended age labelling; 
and 
• accessible liquids, pastes, gels (e.g. liquid paints and modelling compounds), 
irrespective of any age, grading or recommended ag e labelling.  
This standard does not apply to packaging materials unless they are intended to be kept 
e.g. boxes, containers or unless they form part of the toy or have intended play value.  G/TBT/N/TTO/121/Rev.2  
 
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  NOTE: No requirements are provided for toys and parts of toys, whic h, due to their 
accessibility, function, mass, size or other characteristics, are obviously unlikely to be 
sucked, licked or swallowed, bearing in mind the normal and foreseeable behaviour of 
children e.g. the coating on the crossbeam of a swing set, the t yres of a toy bicycle.  
This standard prohibits the importation, donation and sale of used toys in Trinidad and 
Tobago.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of hum an health or safety   
8. Relevant documents:   
ASTM International  
• ASTM F963, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety  
International Organization for Standardization  
• ISO 8124 -3, Safety of toys – Part 3: Migration of certain elements  
• ISO 8124 -6, Safety of toys —Part 6: Certain phthalate esters in toys and children's 
products  
British Standards Institution  
• BS EN 71 -3:2019, Safety of toys - Part 3: Migration of certain elements  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  29 January 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards website  
1-2 Century Drive, Trincity Industrial Estate  
Macoya, Tunapuna  
Tel: 868 -645-6222 
Fax: 868 -663-4335 
email: ttbs@ttbs.org.tt   
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