. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/LCA/39 
26 September 2005 
 (05-4241) 
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 government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards 
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 [  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):   Liquefied Petroleum 
Gases (LPG) (ICS:  76.160.30) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   DLNS 43:2005 
Specification for Filling, Handling, Storage, Transportation and Location of Portable Cylinders for Liquefied Petroleum Ga ses (LPG) (22 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content:   This standard covers basic safety requirements for the filling, 
handling and storage of portable containers of Liquefied Petroleum Gases (LPG) at the 
container filling plants and the positioning of cont ainers at the premises of the consumers.  
Where the word “container” is used the reference is to “portable containers”.  This standard 
does not cover safety installation requirements beyond the first stage regulator except for 
the use of flexible hose. 
The requirements of this standard are not intended to preclude the use of alternative 
materials, designs and methods where these pr ovide equivalent and approved standards of 
safety 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Liquefied Petroleum Gases, notably commercia l propane or butane, have now become the 
main source of fuel used in Saint Lucia fo r domestic, commercial or industrial heating 
purposes.  Liquefied petroleum gases, however, present considerable risks and hazards to 
human health and safety.  The fuel is extrem ely volatile and LPG fires burn twice as hot as 
gasoline fires.  LPG vapour is slightly anest hetic, can lead to suffocation (at sufficiently 
high concentrations) and causes severe frost bur ns if brought into contact with the skin.  
Vapour/air mixtures of LPG are flammable and potentially explosive.  The hazards are accentuated when the vapour/air mixtures occu r indoors.  These risks and hazards can be 
significantly reduced if adequate precautions ar e observed.  This standard, therefore, was 
prepared as a means of ensuring and enhanci ng safety in the filling, handling, storage, 
transportation, location and installation of por table cylinders of LPG intended for domestic 
and industrial purposes. G/TBT/N/LCA/39 
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 8. Relevant documents:   In the preparation of this standard considerable assistance was 
derived from the following documents:  
y BNS 126 (Part 4):  1980 Specification for the Filling, Handling, Storage, 
Transportation and Location of Portable C ontainers for Liquefied Petroleum Gases 
y ISO 10463: 1993 Cylinders for permanent gases – Inspection at time of filling. 
y ISO 11625: 1998 Gas cylinders – Safe handling. 
A Notice will be published in the Saint Luci a National Gazette once this standard is 
officially adopted as a mandatory  standard. The relevant Statutory Instrument will also be 
gazetted.   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }On a date to be determined by the Minister 
with responsibility for standards matters in Saint Lucia. 
10. Final date for comments:   30 November 2005 
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: