 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/TTO/19 
1 July 2004 
 (04-2830) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
   
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Trinidad and Tobago 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):   Pneumatic Tyres for 
Passenger Cars (ICS 83.160.10) 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   Pneumatic Tyres for 
Passenger Cars – Specification – 3rd Revision (27 pages, English) 
6. Description of content:   This standard applies to new and used pneumatic passenger car 
tyres. 
This standard does not apply to re-treaded or  re-grooved tyres, or to used tyres (casings) 
intended for the re-treading or re-grooved process. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Compulsory status has been recommended in or der to protect the consumer or user against 
danger to safety by ensuring a product of minimum quality. 
8. Relevant documents:   TTS 226:  2004 –  Pneumatic Tyres for Passenger Cars – 
Specification – 3rd Revision 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }On a date to be notified by the Minister to 
whom responsibility for trade and industry is assigned, in a Notice to be published in the 
Trinidad and Tobago Gazette as required by 
the Standards Act. 
10. Final date for comments:   16 July 2004 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:        
 