G/TBT/N/BDI/305 , G/TBT/N/KEN/1347  
G/TBT/N/RWA/746 , G/TBT/N/TZA/869  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1714  
12 December 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:  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 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 [  ], 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):  
Insecticides, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (excl. 
goods of subheadings 3808.52 to 3808.69) (HS code(s): 380891); Insecticides (ICS 
code(s): 65.100.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1119 -2: 
2022, Skin applied mosquito repellent — Specification — Part 2: Sprays and r oll-ons, First 
Edition; (36 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for skin applied mosquito repellents in form of sprays and roll -
ons. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements; Harm onization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 997.07, N -octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide  G/TBT/N/BDI/305, G/TBT/N/KEN/1347, G/TBT/N/RWA/746, G/TBT/N/TZA/869, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1714  
 
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  2. AOAC 997.07, N -octyl Bicycloheptene dicarboximide (MGK 264), Pyrethrins and 
Piperonyl Butoxide (PB) in Technical materials, concentrates and Finished 
Products  
3. DEAS 1120 -1, Mosquito repellents ― Performance test guidelines ― Part 1: Skin 
applied repellents  
4. EAS 346, Labelling of cosmetic products — General requirements  
5. EAS 377 (all parts), Cosmetics and cosmetic products  
6. EAS 846, Glossary of terms relating to the cosmetic industry  
7. EAS 847 -16, Cosmetics —Analytical methods —Part 16: Determination of Heavy 
Metal Content  
8. EAS 847 -17, Cosmetics —Analytical methods —Part 17: Physio -chemical test  
9. ISO 18416, Cosm etics — Microbiology — Detection of Candida albicans  
10. ISO 21149, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Enumeration and detection of aerobic 
mesophilic bacteria  
11. ISO 22717, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
12. ISO 22718, Cosmetics — Microbiolog y — Detection of Staphylococcus aureus  
13. ISO 24153, Random sampling and randomization procedures  
14. RS 394 -1, Mosquito repellents ― Performance Test Guidelines ― Part 1: Skin 
applied repellents  
15. RS 392 -2: 2018, Skin applied mosquito repellents — Specification — Part 2: 
Sprays and roll -ons. 
16. US 2296 -2: 2022, Skin applied mosquito repellents — Specification — Part 2: 
Sprays and roll -ons 
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://ww w.unbs.go.ug  
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