. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/JAM/29 
20 January 2012  
 (12-0399) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  JAMAICA  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Bureau of Standards Jamaica 
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 :   
Regional and International Office 
6 Winchester Road Kingston 10 Jamaica W.I. Email:  info @bsj.org.jm   
Website:  http://www.bsj.org.jm  
Tel.:  +(876) 926-3140-5 Fax:  1 (876) 929-4736 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 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):  Transportable gas 
cylinders/ Composite cylinders ICS: 23.020.30 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Jamaican Standard 
Specification for Transportable gas cylinders – Fully wrapped co mposite cylinders (48 pages, 
English)     
6. Description of content:  This document specifies minimum requirements for the materials, 
design, construction, prototype testing and r outine manufacturing inspections of composite 
gas cylinders with a water capacity up to and including 450 l for compressed, liquefied and 
dissolved gases. It outlines requirements for design and manufacture, cylinder and material 
tests, conformity evaluation and marking of these cylinders  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
This document was developed in response to th e diversification of types of transportable gas 
containers available on the global marketplace. It is intended to provide assurance that adequate health and safety pr otection exists for the intended users of the cylinders. This 
document aims to ensure that composite cylinders meet minimum standards for health and safety before they are introduced in the market and thus minimizes the risks of accidents and 
the attending cost to the country.  G/TBT/N/JAM/29 
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  8. Relevant documents:   A notice of the Jamaican Standard Specification for Transportable gas 
cylinders – Fully wrapped composite cylinders will appear in The Jamaica Gazette 
Supplement - Proclamations, Rules and Regul ations. When adopted, the document will 
appear as a Jamaican Standard Specification, with mandatory status, and will be available for 
sale.   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into force:    Date of publication in the Jamaica Gazette 
Supplement - Proclamations, Rules and Regulations. 
Six months following date of publication in the 
Jamaica Gazette Supplement - Proclamations, Rules and Regulations 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days after circulati on by WTO Secretariat 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
The full text of the proposed technical regul ation (mandatory standa rd) can be directly 
accessed on the website of the Bureau Standards Jamaica: http://www.bsj.org.jm