G/TBT/N/RWA/512  
29 July 2021  
(21-5935) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  RWANDA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Rwanda Stan dards Board  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw   
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
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):  Home 
textiles. Linen (ICS 97.160)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 477 -1: 
2021, Bed coverings — Specification — Part 1: synthetic fibre filled (15 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for synthetic fibre filled bed coverings namely duvet, quilt, 
and pillow. This Draft Standard does not apply to items of bedding that are supplied for 
use in children's products such as baby cots, Moses baskets and sleeping bags.  
7. Objective 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; Protection of the 
environment; Quality req uirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
RS 313, Seams, stitches and stitching —Nomenclature and classification  
ISO 105 -C06, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part C06: Colour fastness to 
domestic and commercial laundering  
RS ISO 105 -D01, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part D01: Colour fastness to 
drycleaning using perchlorroethylene solvent  
ISO 105 -X12, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part X12: Colour fastness to 
rubbing  
RS ISO 105 -E04, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part E04: Colour fastness to 
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  RS ISO 105 -B02, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B02: Colour fastness to 
artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp test  
RS ISO 139, Textiles — Standard atmospheres fo r conditioning and testing  
RS ISO 1833, Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis  
ISO 1973, Textile fibres – Determination of linear density – Gravimetric method and 
vibroscope method.  
ISO 2062, Textiles — Yarns from packages — Determination of single -end breaking 
force and elongation at break using constant rate of extension (CRE) tester  
RS ISO 3758, Care labelling code using symbols  
ISO 3759, Textiles — Preparation, marking and measuring of fabric specimens and 
garments in tests for determination of dimen sional change  
RS ISO 3801, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length and 
mass per unit area  
RS ISO 5077, Textiles — Determination of dimensional change in washing and drying  
ISO 5085 -1, Textiles — Determination of thermal resistance — Part 1: Low thermal 
resistance  
ISO 6989, Textile fibres – Determination of length and length distribution of staple 
fibres (by measurement of single fibres)  
ISO 9237, Textiles — Determination of the permeability of fabrics to air  
RS ISO 12945 -2 Determina tion of fabric propensity to surface fuzzing and to pilling -- 
Part 2: Modified Martindale method  
RS ISO 13934 -1, Textiles — Tensile properties of fabrics — Part 1: Determination of 
maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the strip method  
ISO 1 3935-1, Textiles — Seam tensile properties of fabrics and made -up textile articles 
— Part 1: Determination of maximum force to seam rupture using the strip method  
RS ISO 22198, Textiles — Fabrics — Determination of width and length  
RS ISO 24153, Random sam pling and randomization procedures  
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:   
KK 15 Rd, 49  
Toll Free: 3250  
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw  
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
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