G/TBT/N/GIN/1
26 November 2014
(14-6881)  Page: 1/2
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: French
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member: GUINEA 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Ministère de l'industrie petite et moyenne entreprise , MIPME 
(Ministry of Industry and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) / Institut Guinéen de 
Normalisation et de Métrologie , IGNM (National Standardization and Metrology Institute) 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 [X], 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): Cement 
(hydraulic binders, common cements, cements for tropical use, Portland cement, blast-
furnace cement and pozzolanic cement) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Arrêté 
A/98/2269/MPSPIC/CAB/SGG Portant homologation de trois (3) normes guinéennes 
relatives aux ciments  (Order A/98/2269/MPSPIC/CAB/SGG approving three Guinean 
standards on cement) (2 pages, in French) 
6. Description of content: The following Guinean standards have been approved: 
1. NG04-01-001(1998): Liants hydrauliques contrôle spécifique des caractéristiques 
particulières des ciments  (Hydraulic binders - Specific control of special 
characteristics of cements) 
2. NG04-01-002(1998): Liants hydrauliques vérification des qualités des livraisons 
emballages marquages  (Hydraulic binders - Verification of delivery quality - 
Packaging and marking) 
3. NG04-01-003(1998): Liants hydrauliques ciments courants, ciments à usage 
tropical, composition, spécifications et critères de conformité et d'application obligatoire pour les producteurs, les commerçants, les importateurs et les services 
publics  (Hydraulic binders - Common cements, cements for tropical use, 
composition, specifications and conformity and mandatory application criteria for producers, traders, importers and public services) 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified standard sets forth conditions relating to specific checks for 
special characteristics of cements (with a view to ensuring the safety of built structures, in 
particular large structures such as hydroelectric dams).  
8. Relevant documents: - 
9. Proposed date of adoption: January 1998 G/TBT/N/GIN/1 
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  Proposed date of entry into force: July 1998  
10. Final date for comments: Three months 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Ministère de l'industrie petite et moyenne entreprise , MIPME (Ministry of Industry and 
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) / Institut Guinéen de Normalisation et de Métrologie , 
IGNM (National Standardization and Metrology Institute) 
Ministère du Commerce, Secrétariat Général du Gouvernement  (Ministry of Trade, General 
Secretariat of the Government) 
Email: inm89@yahoo.fr