. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/JAM/30 
20 January 2012  
 (12-0400) 
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) 619-1131 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 cy linders ICS:23.020.30 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Jamaican Standard 
Specification for Trans portable gas cylinders – Periodic in spection and testing of composite 
gas cylinders (4 pages, English) 
6. Description of content:  This document specifies the requi rements for the periodic inspection 
and testing of hoop wrapped and fully wrapped composite transportabl e gas cylinders, with 
aluminium, steel or non-metallic liners or of lin eless construction, intended for compressed, 
liquefied or dissolved gases under pressure, of water capacity from 0.5 l up to 450 l. 
Requirements of this standard include inte rvals between periodic in spection and testing, 
procedure for periodic inspection and testing and procedures for rejection and rendering 
cylinders unserviceable.  G/TBT/N/JAM/30 
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  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 in the global marketplace.  It is intended to provide assurance that 
adequate health and safety protection exists for the intended users of composite cylinders. This document aims to ensure that composite cylinders, at the completion of inspection and retesting, are safe for re-introduction into serv ice for use by the consumer for a longer period 
of time and thus minimizes the risks of ac cidents and the attending cost to the country.  
8. Relevant documents:   A notice of the Jamaican Standard Specification for Transportable gas 
cylinders – Periodic inspection and testing of composite gas cylinders will appear in The 
Jamaica Gazette Supplem ent - Proclamations, Rules and Regulations. When adopted, the 
document will appear as a Jamaican Standard Sp ecification, with manda tory 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 regulation (mandatory standard) can be directly accessed on the 
website of the Bureau Standards Jamaica:  http://www.bsj.org.jm