G/TBT/N/BDI/197  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1188  
G/TBT/N/RWA/588  
G/TBT/N/TZA/685  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1527  
15 December 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 [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):  Baby 
powder; Make -up or skin care powders, incl. baby powders, whether or not compressed 
(excl. medicaments) (HS 330491); Cosmetics. Toiletries (ICS 71.100.70)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : DEAS 425 -
2:2021, Skin powders — Specification — Part 2: Baby powder, Second Edition (12 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for baby powders.  This standar d does not apply to medicated 
powders for which medicinal claims are made.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Pr otection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. EAS 377 (all parts), Cosmetics and cosmetic products  
2. EAS 846, Glossary of terms relating to the cosmetic industry  
3. EAS 847 -2, Cosmetics — Analytical methods — Part 2: Determination of 
moisture content and volatile matter content  G/TBT/N/BDI/197, G/TBT/N/KEN/1188, G/TBT/N/RWA/588, G/TBT/N/TZA/685, 
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  4. EAS 847 -16, Cosmetics — Analytical methods — Part 16: Determination of lead, 
mercury and arsenic content  
5. EAS 847 -17, Cosmeti cs — Analytical methods — Part 17: Determination of pH  
6. EAS 847 -23, Cosmetics — Analytical methods —Part 23: Test for absence of grit 
in powders  
7. EAS 847 -24, Cosmetics — Analytical methods —Part 24: Determination of 
matter insoluble in boiling water  
8. EAS 847 -25, Cosmetics — Analytical methods —Part 25: Determination of 
fineness  
9. EAS 847 -26, Cosmetics — Analytical methods —Part 26: Determination of boric 
acid 
10. ISO 16212, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Enumeration of yeast and mould  
11. ISO 18416, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Candida albicans  
12. ISO 21149, Cosmetics --Microbiology --Enumeration and detection of aerobic 
mesophilic bacteria  
13. ISO 21150, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Escherichia coli  
14. ISO 22717 Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection o f Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
15. ISO 22718, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Staphylococcus aureus  
16. ISO 24153, Random sampling and randomisation procedures  
17. KS 1570 -2: 2007, Skin powders — Specification — Part 2: Baby powder  
18. EAS 425 -2: 2017, Skin powders — Specification — Part 2: Baby powder  
19. US 488:2003, Skin powders — Specification — Part 2: Baby powders  
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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