G/TBT/N/JAM/79  
 
2 August 2018  
(18-4905) 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 International Office  
6 Winchester Road  
Kingston 10  
Jamaica W.I.  
Email: info@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): Structural 
Steel ICS # 77.140.15  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Standard 
Specification for Carbon -Steel Wire and Welded Wire Reinforcement, Plain and Deformed, 
for Concrete (22 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This document specifies requirements for carbon -steel wire and 
welded wire reinforcement produced from hot -rolled rod to be used for the reinforcement 
of concrete. The steel wire is cold -worked, drawn or rolled, plain (non -deformed, as -drawn 
or galvanized), or deformed. Welded wire reinforcement is made from plain or deformed 
wire, or a combination of plain and deformed wire.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Structural steel is considered the ideal choice for constructing buildings by 
contractors, architects, designers and engineers. It offers benefi ts for characteristics such 
as durability, strength and temperature resistance. Building structures must be designed to 
withstand the weight, loads and environmental pressures that are placed on them and so 
the safety and durability of buildings and struct ures must be a vital consideration at all 
times.  
8. Relevant documents:  A notice of the  Standard Specification for Carbon -Steel Wire and 
Welded Wire Reinforcement, Plain and Deformed, for Concrete will appear in The Jamaica 
Gazette Supplement - Proclamati ons, Rules and Regulations. The document will appear as 
a Jamaican Standard Specification, with mandatory status, and will be available for sale.   G/TBT/N/JAM/79  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: Date of publication in the Jamaica Gazette Supplement - 
Proclamations, Rules a nd Regulations.  
Proposed date of entry into force: 31 January 2019  
10. Final date for comments: 22 September 2018  
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