. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/TTO/86 
31 March 2010  
 (10-1739) 
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 government 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 applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Household electric 
personal grooming appliance – TTS/ UL 859:20XX  (ICS97.180.00 ) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Household electric 
personal grooming appliances  (188 pages, in English)     
6. Description of content:  These requirements cover electric personal grooming appliances 
intended for household use, such as hair curler s and dryers, combs, brushes, and similar 
appliances to be used in accord ance with the TTS 171: Part 1: 2002, Trinidad and Tobago 
Electrical Wiring Code: Part 1: Low voltage installations (including Amendment 1 (2007)).  
These requirements do not cover appliances ra ted more than 250 volts nor appliances 
covered in the following Standards for Safety:  
• The Standard for Medical and Dental Equipment, UL 544; 
• The Standard for Medical Electrical Equipment, Part 1: General Requirements for 
Safety, UL 60601-1; 
• The Standard for Personal Hygiene and Health Care Appliances, UL 1431; 
• The Standard for Hair Clipping and Shaving Appliances, UL 1028; 
• The Standard for Motor-Operated Mass age and Exercise Machines, UL 1647; 
• The Standard for Electric Heating Pads, UL 130; and 
• The Standard for Commercial Electric Personal Grooming Appliances, UL 1727.  G/TBT/N/TTO/86 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
Compulsory status has been recommended in order to protect the consumer or user against 
danger to health or safety by ensuring a product of acceptable quality.  
8. Relevant documents:   UL 859, UL Standard for Safety for Household Electric Personal 
Grooming Appliances, dated 30 August 2007 which contains revisions through and 
including 30 December 2009.   
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 Gazette as required by the Standards Act. 
10. Final date for comments:  1 April 2010 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
A National Deviations included and the standard  intended to be adopted is UL 859: 20XX 
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