. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/JAM/31 
11 May 2012  
 (12-2556) 
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):  Tobacco products  
(ICS:65.160) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Jamaican Standard 
Specification for the labelling of  commodities Part 25: The labe lling of retail packages of 
tobacco products (40 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:  This document specifies the inform ation, the method of display of 
such information and the wording and presentati on of health warnings to be included on the 
labels of retail packages of tobacco products inte nded to be sold in Jama ica. Specifications in 
this document include terms and definitions, general and detailed requirements, labelling, 
responsibility for labelling, approval of labe ls, graphic health warnings for use on packages 
and cartons of smoked and smokeless tobacco pr oducts and schedule of rotation of health 
warnings.  G/TBT/N/JAM/31 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  On-
going research by health authorities worldwide ha s indicated that there are health effects of 
smoking and tobacco use that consumers have not  yet been warned about, and also indicated 
that consumers need to be warn ed about all the risks posed by smoking in a clearer and more 
systemic manner. This document was revise d in response to Jama ica's obligation to 
implement Article 11 of the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on 
Tobacco Control and the trend in various countri es worldwide to ensure that the public is 
adequately informed about adverse health effe cts of using tobacco products, by the inclusion 
of rotating graphic health warnings and a decl aration on each package of these commodities.  
8. Relevant documents:   A notice of the Jamaican Standard  Specification for The labelling of 
commodities Part 25: The labelling of retail pack ages of tobacco products 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: