G/TBT/N/BDI/189  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1170  
G/TBT/N/RWA/580  
G/TBT/N/TZA/677  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1511  
3 December 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@u nbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notificati on shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Petroleum 
jelly; Petroleum jelly (HS 271210); Cosmetics. Toiletries (ICS 71.100.70)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 126:2021, 
Petroleum jelly for cosmetic use — Specification, Second Ed ition (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for petroleum jelly for cosmetic use. This standard does not 
cover petroleum jelly for industrial use.  
7. Objecti ve and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trad e barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ASTM D217 -19b, Standard test methods for cone penetration of lubricating 
grease  
2. EAS 123, Distilled water — Specification  
3. EAS 346, Labelling of cosmetics — General requirements  
4. EAS 377 (all parts), Cosmetics and cosmetic products  G/TBT/N/BDI/189, G/TBT/N/KEN/1170, G/TBT/N/RWA/580, G/TBT/N/TZA/677, 
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  5. EAS 846, Glossary of terms relating to the cosmetic industry  
6. EAS 847 -16, Cosmetics — Analytical methods — Part 16: Determination of lead, 
mercury and arsenic content  
7. ISO 2137, Petroleum products and lub ricants — Determination of cone 
penetration of lubricating greases and petrolatum  
8. ISO 21149, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Enumeration and detection of aerobic 
mesophilic bacteria        
9. ISO 24153, Random sampling and randomization procedures  
10. ISO 17516: 2014, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Microbiological limits  
11. EAS 126:1999, Pure petroleum jelly for cosmetics industry — Specification  
12. TZS 318: 1999, Petroleum jelly, (Part 1): Petroleum jelly for cosmetic industry 
— Specification  
13. TZS 318: 1999, Petroleum jelly , (Part 2): Marketed petroleum jelly products 
ready for use as a body ointment  
14. US 191:2021, Petroleum jelly — Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass  Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unb s.go.ug  
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