G/TBT/N/BDI/137  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1119  
G/TBT/N/RWA/516  
G/TBT/N/TZA/626  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1378  
2 September 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, 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 notificati on 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):  Citrus 
fruits; Fresh or dried wilkings and similar citrus hybrids (HS 080529); Fruits and derived 
products (ICS 67.080.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 330:2021, 
Citrus fruits — Specification, Second Edition (20 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African standard specifies the requirements for 
citrus fruit of varieties (cultivars) grown from the following species to be supplied fresh 
to the consumer, citr us fruit for industrial processing being excluded:  
• lemons grown from the species Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f. and hybrids thereof  
• Persian limes grown from the species Citrus latifolia  (Yu. Tanaka) Tanaka, a 
large acid lime fruit  known also as Bearss or Tahiti and hybrids thereof  
• Mexican limes grown from the species Citrus aurantiifolia  (Christm.) Swingle, 
also known as sour limes and key limes and hybrids thereof  
• Indian sweet limes, P alestine sweet limes grown from the species Citrus 
limettioides  Tanaka and hybrids thereof  
• Mandarins grown from the species ( Citrus reticulata  Blanco), including satsumas 
(Citrus unshiu  Marcow.), clementines ( Citrus clementina  hort. ex Tanaka), and 
common mandarins ( Citrus deliciosa  Ten.) and tangerines ( Citrus tangerine  
Tanaka), grown from these species and hybrids thereof  G/TBT/N/BDI/137, G/TBT/N/KEN/1119, G/TBT/N/RWA/516, G/TBT/N/TZA/626, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1378  
 
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  • Oranges grown from the species Citrus sinensis  (L.) Osbeck and hybrids thereof  
• Grapefruit grown from the species Citrus paradisi  Macfad . and hybrids thereof  
• Pummelos or Shaddock grown from the species Citrus maxima  (Burm.) Merr. 
and hybrids thereof.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of decepti ve practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. CAC/RCP 44, Code of practice for packaging and transport of fresh fruit and 
vegetables  
2. CAC/RCP 53, Code of hygienic practice  for fresh fruits and vegetables  
3. CODEX STAN 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed 
4. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
5. UNECE Standard FFV -14, C itrus fruit: 2017 edition  
EAS 330:2002, Citrus fruit — 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:   
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://www.unbs.go.ug  
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