G/TBT/N/MWI/40  
29 January 2021  
(21-0813) 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:  MALAWI   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Malawi Bureau of Standards  
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:   
Director General  
Malawi  Bureau of Standards  
P.O Box 946  
Blantyre  
Malawi  
Tel: +265 887 376444/445/446/447  
Fax: +265 1 870 756  
Email: mbs@mbsmw.org  
Website: www.mbsmw.org  
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):  Cement - 
Part 1: Composition, specifications and conformity criteria for common cements; 
(HS: 2523); CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND BUILDING (ICS 91)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DMS 29 -1:2018, 
Cement - Part 1: Composit ion, specifications and conformity criteria for common cements 
(30 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Malawi Standard defines and gives the specifications 
of 27 distinct common cements, 7 sulphate resisting common cements as well a s 3 distinct 
low early strength blast furnace cements and 2 sulphate resisting low early strength blast 
furnace cements and their constituents. The definition of each cement includes the 
proportions in which the constituents are to be combined to produce t hese distinct 
products in a range of nine strength classes.  This standard does not cover the following 
cements which have been covered in other standards: Very low heat special cement; 
Supersulphated cement; Calcium aluminate cement and Masonry cement.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Quality 
requirements; Harmonization  G/TBT/N/MWI/40  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. MS 29 -2:2000, Cement – Part 2: Conformity evaluation  
2. MS 1062 -1, Methods of testing cement – Part 1: Determination of strength  
3. MS 1062 -2, Methods of testing cement — Part 2: Chemical analysis of cement  
4. MS 1062 -3, Methods of testing cement – Part 3: Determination of setting times 
and soundness  
5. MS 10 62-5, Methods of testing cement – Part 5: Pozzolanicity test for pozzolanic 
cement  
6. MS 1062 -6, Methods of testing cement – Part 6: Determination of fineness  
7. MS 1062 -7, Methods of testing cement – Part 7: Methods of taking and preparing 
samples of cement  
8. EN 196-8, Methods of testing cement – Part 8: Heat of hydration — Solution 
method  
9. EN 196 -9, Methods of testing cement – Part 9: Heat of hydration — Semi-
adiabatic method  
10. EN 451 -1, Method of testing fly ash – Part 1: Determination of free calcium oxide 
content  
11. EN 933 -9, Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates – Part 9: Assessment of 
fines - Methylene blue test  
12. EN 13639, Determination of total organic carbon in limestone  
13. ISO 9277, Determination of the specific surface area of solids by gas adsorption 
– BET method  
14. ISO 9286, Abrasive grains and crude – Chemical analysis of silicon carbide  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
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:   
Director General  
Malawi Bureau of Standards  
Moirs Road  
P.O. Box 946  
Blantyre  
Malawi  
Tel: +265 887 376444/445/446/447  
Fax:+265 1 870 756  
E-mail: mbs@mbsmw.org  
Website: www.mbsmw.org  
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