. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/2/Add.88 
19 May 2006 
 (06-2431) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
 
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON 
TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE 
 
Communication from the People's Republic of Bangladesh
 
 
Addendum  
   
 The following communication, under Article 15.2 of the Agreement has been received from 
the Delegation of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
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  I. RELEVANT LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
The process of implementation and administration of the TBT Agreement is supported by the 
following legislative acts:  A. L
AW ON STANDARDIZATION  
1. The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institu tion Ordinance; 1985 (Ordinance No. XXXVII 
of 1985) regulates the objective and principles of the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution for 
Standardization, its scope of activities, membership and funding, the preparation, 
adoption/formulation and publication of the Banglad esh national standards and their application. 
B. LAW ON PRODUCTS ' MANDATORY TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AND CONFORMITY 
ASSESSMENT  
2. Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution Ordinance, 1985; BSTI (Amendment) Act, 
2003 and regulations made there-under govern th e certification marks scheme, under which the 
manufacturer/importers get licence from BSTI to use the standard marks on products 
produced/imported by them in conformity with  the relevant Bangladesh Standards (BDS). 
C. LAW ON METROLOGY  
3. "The Standards of Weights and Measures Ordinance, 1982" (Ordinance No.XII of 1982), 
"The Bangladesh Standards of Weights and Measur es Rules, 1982" and "The Standards of Weights 
and Measures (Amendment) Act, 2001" were pr omulgated by the Government of the Peoples 
Republic of Bangladesh to introduce and implemen t the Metric System (SI unit) of weights and 
measures in the country; and to build up infrastructure of legal metrology in Bangladesh. 
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  4. These laws regulate the following mandatory matters, amongst others: 
(a) Every manufacturer and dealer of commercial weights and measures have to obtain 
licence from BSTI; 
(b) Every commercial weights and measures are to be verified and stamped by BSTI 
every year; 
(c) Every exporter and importer of weights and me asures are to be registered with BSTI; 
(d) Use of non-metric weights and measures is completely banned by the law. 
 
II. TRANSPARENCY 
5. The address, telephone, and fax numbers of Na tional Enquiry Point on TBT are as follows: 
 Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution 
 Maan Bhaban  116/A, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka – 1208  Bangladesh  Tel: +8802989760 
 Fax: +88029131581 
 E-mail:   bsti@bangla.net  Contact Person: Mr. M. Liaquat Ali  6. Ministry of Commerce and BSTI under the Ministry of Industry act as the notification 
authorities under Article 10.10 and 10.11 of the TBT Agreement. 
 Address, telephone and fax numbers are as follows: 
  Director General Council   WTO Cell  Ministry of Commerce 
 Bangladesh Secretariat 
 Dhaka – 1000   Tel: +88027164383  Fax: +88027165741  Email: Min_com@ bd_online.com 
 
7. Technical rules adopted in the form of laws and regulations are published in the Official 
Gazette of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ar e announced in the Bulletin (yearbook) of the BSTI 
or in the website of BSTI. 
 
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