G/SPS/N/BDI/16, G/SPS/N/KEN/168  
G/SPS/N/RWA/9, G/SPS/N/TZA/200  
G/SPS/N/UGA/210  
25 October 2022  
(22-8007) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Rwanda standards Board (RSB)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated 
waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flav oured; ice and 
snow (HS code(s): 2201)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DEAS 153: 2022, Packaged drinking water — 
Specification . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  36 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/RWA/22_7077_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for packaged drinking water for direct human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect terri tory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title o r serial 
number of Codex standard or related text): CXS 227 -2001, General Standard for 
Bottled/Packaged Drinking Waters (Other Than Natural Mineral Waters)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chap ter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : ISPM 01 
Phytosanitary principles for the protection of plants and the application of 
phytosanitary measures in international trade  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/BDI/16 • G/SPS/N/KEN/168 • G/SPS/N/RWA/9 • G/SPS/N/TZA/200 • G/SPS/N/UGA/210  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. ASTM D 3871-84, Standard test methods for purgeable organic compounds in water 
using headspace sampling  
2. ASTM D 5907 -13, Standard test methods for filterable matter (total dissolved solids) 
and non -filterable matter (total suspended solids) in water  
3. EAS 38, Labelling of prepackaged foods — Specification  
4. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
5. ISO 10304 -1, Water quality — Determination of dissolved anions by liquid 
chromatography of ions — Determination of bromide, chloride, fluoride, nitrite, 
nitrate, phosphate and sulphate  
6. ISO 10359, Water quality — Determination of fluoride  
7. ISO 10523, Water quality — Determination of pH  
8. ISO 10530, Water quality — Determination of dissolved sulfide — Photometric 
method using methylene blue  
9. ISO 10566, Water quality — Determination of aluminium — Spectrometric method 
using pyrocatechol violet  
10. ISO 11423, Water quality — Determination of benzene and some derivatives  
11. ISO 11732, Water quality -- Determination of ammonium nitrogen — Method by flow 
analysis (CFA and FIA) and spectrometric detection  
12. ISO 11885, Water quality — Determination of selected elements by inductively 
coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP -OES) 
13. ISO 11969, Water quality — Determination of arsenic — Atomic absorption 
spectrometric method (hydride technique)  
14. ISO 12020, Water quality — Determination of aluminium — Atomic a bsorption 
spectrometric method  
15. ISO 12846, Water quality — Determination of mercury — Method using atomic 
absorption spectrometry (AAS) with and without enrichment  
16. ISO 15089, Water quality — Guidelines for selective immunoassays for the 
determination of pla nt treatment and pesticide agents  
17. ISO 16265, Water quality — Determination of the methylene blue active substances 
(MBAS) index — Method using continuous flow analysis (CFA)  
18. ISO 16266, Water quality -- Detection and enumeration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 
━ Method by membrane filtration  
19. ISO 21567, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the detection of Shigella spp  
20. ISO 24153, Random sampling and randomization procedures  
21. ISO 28540, Water quality — Determination of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 
(PAH) in water -- Method using gas chromatography with mass spectrometric 
detection (GC -MS) 
22. ISO 28540, Water quality — Determination of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 
(PAH) in water — Method using gas chromatography with mass spec trometric 
detection (GC -MS) 
23. ISO 5961, Water quality — Determination of cadmium by atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
24. ISO 6059, Water quality -- Determination of the sum of calcium and magnesium -— 
EDTA titrimetric method  
25. ISO 6222, Water quality ― Enumeration o f culturable microorganisms ━ Colony 
count by inoculation in nutrient agar culture media ISO 6332, Water quality — 
Determination of iron — Spectrometric method using 1,10 -phenanthroline  
26. ISO 6333, Water quality -- Determination of manganese — Formaldoxime 
spectrometric method  
27. ISO 6461 -1, Water quality ― Detection and enumeration of the spores of sulphite 
reducing anaerobes (clostridia) — Part 1: Method by enrichment in a liquid medium  
28. ISO 6461 -2, Water quality ― Detection ad enumeration of the spores of sulphite -
reducing anaerobes (clostridia) — Part 2: Method by membrane filtration  
29. ISO 6703, Water quality — Determination of cyanide  
30. ISO 6777, Water quality -- Determination of nitrite — Molecular absorption 
spectrometric me   G/SPS/N/BDI/16 • G/SPS/N/KEN/168 • G/SPS/N/RWA/9 • G/SPS/N/TZA/200 • G/SPS/N/UGA/210  
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 24 December 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
Dr GAFARASI Mapendo Isidore  
Enquiry Point on Animal Health  
Directorate of Veterinary Services  
Rwanda Animal Resources Development Authority  
P.O. Box 804  
Tel: +(250) 0850 3589  
E-mail: rarda@gov.rw  
Website: http://www.rarda.gov.rw  
 
Mrs NAMBAZIMANA Alphonsine  
National Enquiry Point on Plant Health  
Directorate of Agriculture and Livestock Inspection and Certification Services  
Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources  
Rwanda Agriculture Development Authority  
P.O. Box 621  
Tel: +(250) 788 84 62 95  
E-mail: infoinspection@minagri.gov.rw ; anambazimana@minagri.gov.rw  
Website: http://www.minagri.gov.rw  
 
Mr KATABARWA Joseph  
Enquiry Point on Food Safety  
Directorate of Planning, Policy and Capacity Buil ding 
Ministry of Health  
P.O. Box 84  
Tel: +(250) 577 458  
Fax: +(250) 576 853  
E-mail: info@moh.gov.rw  
Website: http://www.moh.gov.rw  
 
Mr TAYEBWA D. James  
Notification Authority  
Directorate of External Trade  
Ministry of Trade and Industry  
P.O. Box 73  
Tel: +(250) 576 754  
Fax: +(250) 573 902  
E-mail: info@minicom.gov.rw  
Website: http://www.minicom.gov.rw  G/SPS/N/BDI/16 • G/SPS/N/KEN/168 • G/SPS/N/RWA/9 • G/SPS/N/TZA/200 • G/SPS/N/UGA/210  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Dr GAFARASI Mapendo Isidore  
Enquiry Point on Animal Health  
Directorate of Veterinary Services  
Rwanda Animal Resources Development Authority  
P.O. Box 804  
Tel: +(250)0850 3589  
E-mail: rarda@gov.rw  
Website: http://www.rarda.gov.rw  
 
Mrs NAMBAZIMANA Alphonsine  
National Enquiry Point on Plant Health  
Directorate of Agriculture and Livestock Inspection and Certification Services  
Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources  
Rwanda Agriculture Development Authority  
P.O. Box 621  
Tel: +(250) 788 84 62 95  
E-mail: infoinspection@minagri.gov.rw ; anambazimana@minagri.gov.rw  
Website: http://www.minagri.gov.rw  
 
Mr KATABARWA Joseph  
Enquiry Point on Food Safety  
Directorate of Planning, Policy and Capacity Building  
Ministry of Health  
P.O. Box 84  
Tel: +(250) 577 458  
Fax: +(250) 576 853  
E-mail: info@moh.gov.rw  
Website: http://www.moh.gov.rw  
 
Mr TAYEBWA D. James  
Notification Authority  
Directorate of External Trade  
Ministry of Trade and Industry  
P.O. Box 73  
Tel: +(250) 576 754  
Fax: +(250) 573 902  
Email: info@minicom.gov.rw  
Website: http://www.minicom.gov.rw