. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/LCA/18
1 December 2003
(03-6370)
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):   Coconut Oil,
HS 1513.10
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   *SLNS 11:1992 –
Specification for Coconut Oil (8 pages, in English)
6. Description of content:   This standard prescribes the requirements and methods of
sampling and test for coconut oil intended for edible and industrial use at the commercial
level.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To provide a uniform level of acceptance quality for several grades of coconut oil
manufactured and traded in Saint Lucia.
8. Relevant documents:
(a) British Standard BS 627;  1982 – Methods for Sampling Fats and Fatty Oils
(b) British Standard BS 628:  1967 – Specification for Crude Coconut Oil
(c) Indian Standard IS 542:  1968 – Specif ication for Coconut Oil (Second Revision)
(d) American Oil Chemists' Society – Official and Tentative Methods (3rd edition)
(e) FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission – Reports of the Codex Committee
on Food Additives
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }In forceG/TBT/N/LCA/18
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10. Final date for comments:   In force
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 HighwayCastries
Saint Lucia
West Indies
Tel.: (758) 4530049, 4560546, 4684235
Fax: (758) 4523561
E-mail: slbs@candw.lcWebsite:  www.slbs.org.lc