. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/JAM/28 
20 January 2012  
 (12-0398) 
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):  Cement ICS: 91.100.10 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Jamaican Standard 
Performance Specificati on for General purpose hydraulic cements (14 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content:  This document specifies the physica l performance requirements for 
hydraulic cements for general purpose applicatio ns. Specifications in this document include 
composition and description, mechanical and phy sical properties, samp ling, test methods, 
procedures for inspection, rejection and appr oval/acceptance, labelling and packaging and  
storage requirements 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
This document was developed in response to the continued diversification of the cements 
available in the local marketplace. It is expected to promote the efficient use of industrial 
minerals through the facilitation of the trad e in cements that utilize recycled/by-product 
materials. This document is performance based and in keeping with the global trend to encourage innovation on the part of the manufac turer while retaining the basic physical and 
mechanical test requirements to ensure cement suitability for use in concrete.  G/TBT/N/JAM/28 
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  8. Relevant documents:   A notice of the: Jamaican Standard Performance Specification for 
General purpose hydraulic ce ments will appear in The Ja maica Gazette Supplement - 
Proclamations, Rules and Regulations. When adopted, the document will appear as a 
Jamaican Standard Specification,  with mandatory status, and wi ll 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