G/TBT/N/BDI/195  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1176  
G/TBT/N/RWA/586  
G/TBT/N/TZA/683  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1525  
14 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 [   ], 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):  Hair 
shampoo Synthetic detergent -based; Shampoos (HS 330510); Cosmetics. Toiletries (ICS 
71.100.70)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 842 -
2:2021, Hair shampoo — Specification — Part 2: Sy nthetic detergent -based, Second 
Edition (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard prescribes the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for synthetic detergent -based hair shampoo.  This standard 
does not cover an imal shampoo, soap based hair shampoo and shampoo with 
medicinal/therapeutic claims.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer prot ection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. EAS 842 -2: 2017, Hair shampoo — Part 2: Synthetic detergent -based — 
Specification  
2. KS 577;2006, Hair shampoo, synthetic detergent based — Specification  G/TBT/N/BDI/195, G/TBT/N/KEN/1176, G/TBT/N/RWA/586, G/TBT/N/TZA/683, 
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  3. EAS 346, Labelling of cosmetics — General requirements  
4. EAS 377 (all parts), Cosmetics and cosmetic products  
5. EAS 794, Determination of the microbial inhibition of cosmetic soap bars and 
liquid hand and body washes — Test method  
6. EAS 846, Glossary of terms relating to the cosmetic industry  
7. EAS 847 -3, Cosmetics — Analytical methods —Part 3: Determination of 
insoluble impurities  
8. EAS 847 -16, Cosmetics — Analytical methods — Part 16: Determination o f lead, 
mercury and arsenic content:  
9. EAS 847 -17, Cosmetics — Analytical methods — Part 17: Determination of pH  
10. EAS 847 -20, Cosmetics — Analytical methods — Part 20: Determination of 
lather volume (foaming power)  
11. ISO 2870, Surface active agents — Detergents — Determination of anionic -
active matter, hydrolysable and non -hydrolysable under acid conditions  
12. ISO 2871 -1, Surface active agents — Detergents — Determination of cationic -
active matter content — Part 1: High -molecular - mass cationic -active mat ter 
13. ISO 2871 -2, Surface active agents — Detergents — Determination of cationic -
active matter content — Part 2: Cationic -active matter of low molecular mass 
(between 200 and 500)  
14. ISO 18416, Cosmetics —Microbiology —Detection of Candida albicans  
15. ISO 21149, C osmetics --Microbiology --Enumeration and detection of aerobic 
mesophilic bacteria  
16. ISO 22717, Cosmetics —Microbiology —Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
17. ISO 22718, Cosmetics —Microbiology —Detection of Staphylococcus aureus  
18. ISO 24153, Random sampling and  randomisation 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:   
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.unbs.go.ug  
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