WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/GUY/14
11 November 2003
(03-6034)
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:   GUYANA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Guyana National 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):   Rice
(ICS number:  67. 060)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document :  Rice – Specification,
sampling, tests and analysis (22 pages, available in English)
6. Description of content:   This technical regulation specifies the requirements for grades of
paddy, cargo rice, milled rice, cargo parboiled rice and milled parboiled rice.  It also
specifies the general conditions for samplin g and the methodologies for assessing the
various factors used in determining the quality of rice.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Ensurance of acceptable quality in products and protection of the consumer or user against
danger to health or safety.
8. Relevant documents:   Food and Drug Act, Chapter 34:  03.1971.  Section 21, Guyana
National Bureau of Standards Act 11 of 1984 (Section 20 and 22) and Guyana National
Bureau of Standards (Compulsory Standard Specifications) Order.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   31 October 2003
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:           