. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/TTO/81 
21 January 2010  
 (10-0323) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards 
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 [   ], 2.10.1 [ X ], 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):  Aromatic Disinfectants – 
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds – Specific ation (1st  Revision) (ICS: 71.100.35) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Aromatic Disinfectants 
– Quaternary Ammonium Compounds – Specification (1st  Revision) (14 pages, in English)    
6. Description of content:  This national standard specifies requirements for aromatic 
disinfectant fluids containi ng quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) as their principal 
anti-microbial agents. Requirements are specif ied for disinfectant efficacy, storage stability, 
packaging and labelling. This national standa rd is applicable to light duty QAC-based 
aromatic disinfectant s primarily intended for general household purposes, marketed and 
distributed in Trinidad and Tobago.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Compulsory status has been recommended in or der to protect the consumer or user against 
danger to health or sa fety by ensuring a produc t of acceptable quality.  
8. Relevant documents:    
British Standards Institution  
- BS 611-2:1990(2003), Petri dishes – Part 2. Spec ification for plastic Petri dishes for single 
use; 
- BS 1647-2:1984(2006), pH measurem ent – Part 2. Specification for reference value standard 
solutions and operational reference standard solutions; - BS 3145:1978(2006), Specificati on for laboratory pH meters. 
International Organization for Standardization
 
- ISO 835:2007, Laboratory glas sware – Graduated pipettes; 
- ISO 3696:1987, Water for analy tical laboratory use – Specif ication and test methods.  G/TBT/N/TTO/81 
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   Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards
  
- TTS 76: Part 15, Requirements for labelling – Part 15: Labelling of general household and 
automotive cleaning chemicals. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }On a date to be notified by the Minister to 
whom responsibility for trade and industry is assigned, in a Notice to be published in the 
Trinidad and Tobago Gaze tte as required by the 
Standards Act. 
10. Final date for comments:  13 March 2010 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards                                                                                       
1-2 Century Drive, Trin city Industr ial Estate 
Macoya, Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago                                                    Email Address:  ttbs@ttbs.org.tt