G/TBT/N/BDI/107  
17 May 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   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Burundi Bureau of Standards and Quality Control (BBN)  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815/+25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org  
Website: www.bbnburundi.org  
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:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  
Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Air quality (ICS 13.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Air Quality - 
Specification (13 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Standard gives permissible limi ts of some common 
pollutants found in polluted air, namely sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO), dust 
in terms of suspended particulate matter as TSP, PM10 and PM2.5, oxides of nitrogen 
(NO, NO2 and NOX), hydrocarbons (HCs), Volatile Organic Compound s (VOCs), Ozone 
(O3) and particulate lead (Pb). The standard covers both the ambient air and emission 
sources.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  National security requirements; Protection of human health  or safety; 
Protection of the environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
• TZS 3: 1979, Atmospheric conditions for testing  
• TZS 4: 2009, Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 836 – 1: 2011, Air quality – General considerations – Vocabulary  
• TZS 836 – 2: 2011, Air quality – General considerations – Particle size fraction 
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  • TZS 837 – 1: 2011, Air quality – Sampling and test methods – Guidelines for 
planning the sampling of atmos pheric and location of monitoring stations  
• TZS 837 – 2: 2011, Air quality – Sampling and test methods – Sampling of 
gaseous pollutants  
• TZS 837 – 3:2011, Air quality – Sampling and test methods – Ambient air -
determination of black smoke index  
• TZS 837 – 3: 2011, Air quality - Sampling and test methods – Stationary source 
emissions – Manual determination of mass concentration of particulate matter  
• TZS 837 – 4: 2011, Air quality – Sampling and test methods – Stationary 
source emissions – Determination of the ma ss concentration of sulphur dioxide 
– Hydrogen peroxide/barium perchlorate/Thorin method  
• TZS 837 – 5: 2011, Air quality – Sampling and test methods – Determination of 
the mass concentration of nitrogen oxides – Naphthyethediamine photometric 
method  
• TZS 837 – 6: 2011, Sampling and test methods – Determination of carbon 
monoxide carbon dioxide and oxygen – Performance characteristics and 
calibration of automated measuring systems  
• TZS 837 – 7:2011, Air quality – Sampling and test methods – Road vehicles – 
Measurement equipment for exhaust gas emissions during inspection or 
maintenance – Technical specifications  
• TZS 837 – 8: 2011, Air quality – Sampling and test methods – Determination of 
the particulate lead content of aerosol collected on filter – Atomic ab sorption 
Spectrophotometric method  
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:   
Documentation and Information Centre Division at BBN  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815 or +25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org  
Website: www.bbnburundi.org  
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