. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/TTO/10
31 January 2002
(02-0476)
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:   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):   Domestic cooking
appliances burning gas fuel (ICS:  97.040.20)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Domestic cooking
appliances burning gas fuel – Part 1:  Safety – General (in English)
6. Description of content:   This standard specifies the construction and performance
characteristics as well as the requirements and method of test for the safety and marking of
free-standing and built-in domestic cooking appliances burning the combustible gases given
in 4.1 according to the categories specified in 4.2, referred to in the text as "appliances".
This standard covers the following types of domestic cooking appliances as defined in
clause 3, and belonging to the classes defined in 4.3 (see Table 1):  independent free-
standing hotplates;  independent built-in hotpl ates and grills, tables cookers, free-standing
ovens;  built-in ovens;  free-standing cookers;  and built-in cookers.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Compulsory status has been recommended in order to protect the consumer or user against
danger to health or safety by ensuring a product of acceptable quality.
8. Relevant documents:   EN 30-1-1:2001 – Domestic cooking appliances burning gas fuel –
Part: 1:  Safety – General (Including Amendment A1:  1999)
References:
(a) EN 30.1-1:  1998  -Domestic cooking appliances burning gas fuel Part 1-1:  Safety
General (Including Amendment A1:1999)G/TBT/N/TTO/10
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9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }On a date to be notified by the Minister towhom 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:   13 February 2002
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:           