G/TBT/N/TTO/138  
24 August 2023  
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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:  TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 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 -662-8827 
Fax: 868 -663-4335 
Email: ttbs@ttbs.org.tt  
Websit e: 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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Paint 
ingredients in general (ICS code(s): 87.060.01)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the n otified document:  Paints - Water -
borne and solvent -borne coatings - Compulsory requirements; (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This standard establishes chemical and labelling requirements 
for water -borne and solvent -borne coatings for u se in Trinidad and Tobago.  
This standard applies to packaged coatings including decorative and architectural 
coatings, untinted bases, primers intended for use on interior and exterior surfaces and 
coatings tinted at the point of sale.  
This standard is applicable to liquid and aerosol coatings including emulsion, latex, water -
soluble, water -dispersible or colloidal coatings, coatings with alkyd and modified alkyd 
resins and textured coatings.  
This standard does not apply to stains, varnishes,  putties, glazing compounds, lacquers, 
and industrial protective coatings.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Protection of the envir onment  G/TBT/N/TTO/138  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
The following are the normative references:  
ASTM International  
ASTM D3335 , Standard Test Method for Low Concentrations of Lead, Cadmium, and 
Cobalt in Paint by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy  
ASTM D3960, Standard Practice for Determining Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) 
Content of Paints and Related Coatings  
International Organization for Standardization  
ISO 6503, Paints and varnishes – Determination of total lead – Flame atomic absorption 
spectrometric method  
ISO 1 1890-1, Paints and varnishes – Determination of volatile organic compound (VOC) 
content – Part 1: Difference method  
ISO 11890 -2, Paints and varnishes -- Determination of volatile organic compound (VOC) 
content -- Part 2: Gas -chromatographic method  
9. Prop osed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/TTO/23_11969_00_e.pdf