G/TBT/N/TZA/803  
4 July 2022  
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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:  TANZANIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  
Tel: +255 222450206,  
E- mail: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz   
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:   
Zanzibar Bureau of Standard (ZBS)  
P.O.Box 1136 
Zanzibar  
Tel: +255 24 2232225  
Fax: +255 24 2232225  
E-mail: info@zbs.go.tz  
Web: www.zbs.go.tz  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Occupational safety. Industrial hygiene (ICS code(s): 13.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  PCD 342:2022, 
Occupational safety for onshore oil and gas exploration and production operations — 
Requirements, First Edition; (30 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Zanzibar National Standard covers occupational safet y 
practices that apply to oil and gas exploration and production operations during drilling, 
well servicing and work over operations to ensure occupational safety of personnel within 
the oil and gas sector and/or industry.  
7. Objective and rationale, incl uding the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  G/TBT/N/TZA/803  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• ISO 1996 (Part 1), Acoustics — Description, measurement and assessment of 
environmental noise — Part 1: Basic quantities and assessment procedures  
• ISO 1996 (Part 2), Acoustics — Description, measurement and assessment of 
environmental noise — Part 2: Determination of sound pressure levels  
• ISO 4007, Personal protective equipment — Eye and face protection — Vocabulary  
• ISO 20345, Personal pro tective equipment — Safety footwear  
• ISO 20346, Personal protective equipment — Protective footwear ISO 20347, 
Personal protective equipment — Occupational footwear  
• ZNS 216, Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) — 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:   
Contact person(s):  
Ms. Bahati Samillani (NEP officer) and Mr. Clavery Chausi  
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
Morogoro/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O Box 9524  
Dar Es Salaam  
Tel: +(255) 22 2450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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