. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/JOR/4 
17 March 2008 
 (08-1179) 
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:   JORDAN
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:    
Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology (JISM) 
Postal Address:  P.O. Box 941287 Amman 11194 Jordan 
Website: www.jism.gov.jo 
E-mail:  jism@jism.gov.jo Tel.:  +(962) 6568 0139   Fax:  +(962) 6568 1099 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
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 [   ], 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):   The products covered 
under this program are:  toys, electrical a nd electronic equipment, personal protective 
equipment, vehicles (used) and tyres (HS: 8517.21, 8517.22, 8701, 8702, 8703, 8704, 8705, 8701, 8702, 8703, 8704, 8705, 4011.10, 4011.20, 6506.10, 6402, 6401, 9004, 6506.10 and 6216). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Decision for ending 
the implementation of the International Produc t Conformity Certification Program (Daman)  
(2 pages, available in Arabic). 
6. Description of content:   The decision issued by JISM states that the International Product 
Conformity Certification Program (Daman ) ends starting the 1 September 2007. The 
products that were covered unde r this Program shall still comply with the requirements of 
Jordanian technical regulations that are based on international standards and the 
requirements of the relevant international sta ndards, where no relevant Jordanian technical 
regulations exist.  
 
Locally produced products will remain subject  to inspection, sampling and testing when 
necessary.  Imported products will be subject to inspection, sampling and testing when 
necessary at the borders instead of inspection and testing in the country of supply. 
Percentage of inspection of im ported products as well as of lo cal products is based on a risk 
assessment system. An alternative to subjecting samples drawn out from imported G/TBT/N/JOR/4 
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  consignments to testing inside Jordan is the importers submission of conformity certificates 
or test report - which is checked for genui neness, validity and relevance e.g. same 
manufacturer, product, model, etc. - issued by conformity assessment bodies accredited by accreditation bodies which are MLA signatories of ILAC/IAF. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Objective : The objective of the decision made is to facilitate trade exchange after the 
establishment of national testing laboratories re levant to products th at were covered under 
DAMAN.  
Rationale  The circumstances and reasons behind the adoption of the DAMAN program 
have changed and can now be addressed in a less trade-restrictive manner, as the technical capabilities of the Jordanian laboratories to pe rform control tests needed to ensure the 
compliance of imported or locally manufac tured products with Jordanian technical 
regulations and the inspection capabilities were developed. 
8. Relevant documents:   JISM board of directors decision in their meeting 7/2007 dated 
19 August 2007 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }1 September 2007 
10. Final date for comments:   - 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
TBT Enquiry Point 
Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology Postal Address:  P.O. Box 941287 – Amman 11194 Jordan E-mail:  rmadanat@jism.gov.jo 
Tel.:  +(962) 6568 0139   
Fax: +(962) 6568 1099