. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/GRD/8
11 July 2003
(03-3747)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   GRENADA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:
Grenada Bureau of Standards
Lagoon RoadP.O. Box 2036
St. George’s
Grenada
Tel: +(473) 440-5886/6783
Fax: +(473) 440-5554
Email: gdbs @caribsurf.com
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):   Retail packages of
cigarettes:  (ICS:13300: 65.160)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Specification
for Labelling of Commodities: Labelling of retail Packages of Cigarettes (6 pages, inEnglish)
6. Description of content:   This National Standard specifies the information, the method of
display of such information and the wording and presentation of a health warning to be
included on the labels of retail packages of cigarettes intended to be sold on the market.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Compulsory status has been recommended to prevent fraud and deception from misleading
labels.
8. Relevant documents:   GDS 1:  Part 6: 1997: Specification for Labelling of
Commodities:  Labelling of Retail Packages of Cigarettes.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }30 days after final date for comments.G/TBT/N/GRD/8
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10. Final date for comments:   31 August 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Grenada Bureau of Standards
Lagoon Road
P.O. Box 2036
St. George’sGrenada
Tel: (473) 440-5886/6783
Fax: (473) 440-5554
Email: gdbs@caribsurf.com