G/TBT/N/TZA/317  
21 October 2019  
(19-6853) Page: 1/2 
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  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: 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:   
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):  
Photographic paper, films and plates. Cartridges (ICS 37.040.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the  notified document:  TBS/CDC -10 
(6264) P3 PAPER USED FOR PRINTING MAPS AND ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS — 
SPECIFICATION (7 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Tanzania Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and methods of test of pa per used for printing maps and architectural drawings 
for general application.  
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 63 -ISO 216: Writing paper and certain classes of printed matter - Trimmed sizes A 
and B series, and indication of machine direction  
TZS 79: Paper – Determination for bursting strength  
TZS 80: Paper – Sampling methods for t esting  
TZS 81: Method for the determination of grammage (basic mass)  
TZS 82 -ISO 187: Paper, board and pulps – Standard atmosphere for conditioning and 
testing and procedure for monitoring the atmosphere and conditioning of samples.  
TZS 83: -ISO 287; Paper and board — Determination of moisture content of a lot — Oven-
drying method  
TZS 748 -2: - ISO 1924 -2, Paper and board — Determination of tensile properties —- Part 
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  TZS 84: Paper and board – Determination of  opacity (paper backing) – Diffuse reflectance 
method  
TZS 886: -ISO 2470: Paper and board – Measurement of blue reflectance factor (ISO 
brightness)  
TZS 891: -ISO 534; Paper and board — Determination of thickness, density and specific 
volume  
IS0 302: Pulps - Determination of Kappa number  
ISO 4046 -1: Paper, board, pulps and related terms - Vocabulary – part 1: Alphabetical 
index  
ISO 6588 -1: Paper, board and pulps — Determination of pH of aqueous extracts — Part 1: 
Cold extraction  
ISO 9184 -3: Paper, board and p ulps- Fibre furnish analysis - Part 3, Herzberg staining test  
ISO 10716: Paper and board - Determination of alkali reserve.  
ASTM D 2176 -16: Standard test method for folding endurance of paper and plastics film 
by the M.I.T tester  
IS 12765: Printing paper, Map- Specification, published by India Bureau of Standards.  
KS 2790: Paper used for maps and architectural drawings - Specification, published by 
Kenya Bureau of Standards  
ISO 9706: Information and documentation - Paper for documents - Requirements for 
permanence, Published by International Organization for Standardization  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 2010  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister for 
Industry, Trade and Investment  
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:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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