WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.551
9 November 1998
(98-4416)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  JAMAICA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:  The Bureau of Standards (Jamaica) JBS
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):  Weighing or Measuring
Equipment
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Weights and
Measures Act.  The Weights and Measures (Prohibition of Non-Metric Measuring
Equipment for Trade) Regulations, 1998.  (Approximately 2 pages)
6. Description of content:  The Regulation requires that:
(a) The Bureau of Standards shall approve all weighing or measuring
equipment designed to be used for the purpose of trade;
(b) all weighing or measuring equipment used for the purpose of trade shall
indicate in metric units only;
(c) the importation of any non-metric weighing or measuring equipment shall
be approved by the Bureau of Standards.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
Conversion to the use of metric units only for trade.
8. Relevant documents:  The Jamaica Gazette Supplement – Proclamations, Rules and
Regulations Vol. CXXI 29June, 1998 No. 30A
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } 1 January 1999
10. Final date for comments:  30 November 1998
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:           