. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/LCA/12
1 December 2003
(03-6362)
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:   SAINT LUCIA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards
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):   Brewery products
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   *SLNS 33: 2001-
Specification for Labelling of Brewery Products (6 pages, in English)
6. Description of content:   This standard specifies requirements for labelling of brewery
products to be sold in Saint Lucia.  It does not cover beverages sold under common names,
including the words "beer" and "ale" , that are not derived from cereals (for example, ginger
beer, ginger ale, root beer).
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
This standard is intended to ensure that the labelling of these products meets the
requirements of regulatory authorities and to enable brewers to compete against products
from outside the Region.
8. Relevant documents:   This standard is an adoption of the Caribbean Community Standard
– Requirements for Labelling:  Labelling of Brewery Products (beer, stout, shandy, malta)
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }In force          
10. Final date for comments:   In forceG/TBT/N/LCA/12
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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:
Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards (SLBS)
TBT Enquiry Point
Heraldine Rock Building, 4th floor
John Compton Highway
Castries
Saint Lucia
West Indies
Tel.: (758) 4530049, 4560546, 4684235
Fax: (758) 4523561E-mail: slbs@candw.lc
Website:  www.slbs.org.lc