G/TBT/N/TZA/540  
24 March 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:  TANZANIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
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 [   ], 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):  Furniture 
(ICS 97.140)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  CDC 11 (302) 
DTZS Pillows for Domestic Use – Specification (Synthetic -fibre filled) (12 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, sampling and 
test methods of pillows for domestic use (Synthetic -fibre filled).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 43/ ISO 105 -C10, Methods for the determination of colour fastness of 
textile Materials to washing  
• TZS 138/ISO 105 -D01, Method for determination of colour fastness of textile 
materials to dry cleaning  
• TZS 360, Domestic mattresses - Flexible polyurethane foam – Specification  
• ISO 139, Conditions for the testing of textile  
• ISO 1833, (Series of standards) Textiles - Quantitative chemical analysis  
• ISO 3758, Care labelling co de using symbols  
• ISO 12945, Textiles -determination of fabric propensity to surface fuzzing and to 
pilling  
• TZS 22/ ISO 13934 -1, Textile - Tensile properties of fabrics - Part 1: 
Determination of maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the 
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  • KS 1267 -2: 2019, Specification for Pillows for Domestic use – Specification 
(Synthetic -fibre filled), published by Kenya Bureau of Standards  
• BS 1877: Part 10: 2011, Specification for mattresses and bumpers for children's 
cots, perambulators and similar domestic articles, published by British 
Standards Institution Various specifications of local spring mattresses 
manufacturing companies  
• TZS 360: 1996, Domestic mattresses - Flexible polyurethane foam –
Specification, published by T anzania Bureau of Standards  
• SABS 1394 -2: 2003, Specification for duvets and pillows — Part 2: Synthetic -
fibre filled, published by South African Bureau of Standards  
• SABS 79:2004, Mass per unit area of conditioned fabrics, published by South 
African Bureau of Standards  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2021  
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:   
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 9 524 
Dar Es Salaam  
 
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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