. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/LCA/49 
12 January 2010  
 (10-0083) 
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:  SAINT LUCIA
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards (in conjunction with the St. Lucia 
Metrication Board) 
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 [   ], 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):  Pre-packaged products 
with declared net quantities in British Imperial Units or U.S. customary units, weights of non-
metric denomination, measuring devices or in struments which indicate only in British 
Imperial units or U.S. customary units. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Legal and Standard 
Units of Measurement Order(s) (English only).     
6. Description of content:  St. Lucia will prohibit the import ation of products; Pre-packaged 
products with declared net quantities in Brit ish Imperial Units or U.S. customary units, 
weights of non-metric denomination, measuring devices or instruments which indicate only   
in British Imperial units or U.S. customary un its.  The importations of the following products 
will not be prohibited; (a) Pre-packaged produc ts with declared net quantities in dual units 
(metric & British, metric and U.S. customary)  (b) Measuring equipment which can indicate  
in dual units (metric and British) (c) Road tran sportation equipment with speedometers which 
indicate in both kilometres pe r hour (km/h) and miles per hour.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Boost regional and international trade thr ough use of the metric system. The national 
education system (school curricula from kinderga rten to tertiary leve l) metricated in 1980 
through a regional (CARICOM) initiative. Studen ts are educated in metric but encounter 
British imperial units in the commercial sector.  St. Lucia’s Metrology Act stipulates that the International System of Units (SI) shall be the legal units of measuremen t.  St. Lucia, through 
CARICOM, became an Associate of    the CGPM in October 2005.  
8. Relevant documents:   Metrology Act 17/2000, Metrology  Regulations 113/2001. St. Lucia 
Cabinet Conclusion 49/2006, Customs (Control and Management) Act 23/1990   G/TBT/N/LCA/49 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }June 2010 
10. Final date for comments:  - 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [  ], or addre ss, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards 
E-mail: slbs@candw.lc