G/TBT/N/BDI/257  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1286  
G/TBT/N/RWA/692  
G/TBT/N/TZA/811  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1662  
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Comité de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio  Original:  inglés  
 
  
NOTIFICACIÓN  
Se da traslado de la notificación siguiente de conformidad con el artículo 10.6.  
 
1. Miembro que notifica : BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANÍA, UGANDA  
Si procede, nombre del gobierno local de que se trate (artículos 3.2 y 7.2):  
2. Organismo responsable:  
Rwanda Standards Board  (RSB) (Junta de Normas de Rwanda)  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
P.O.BOX 7099 , Kigali (Rwanda)  
Teléfono : +250 788303492  
Correo electrónico: info@rsb.gov.rw  
Sitio web : www.rsb.gov.rw  
Nombre y dirección (incluidos los números de teléfono y de fax, así como las 
direcciones de correo electrónico y sitios web, en su caso) del organismo o 
autoridad encargado de la tramitación de observaciones sobre la notificación, 
en caso de que se trate de un organismo o autoridad diferente:  
3. Notificación hecha en virtud del artículo 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 
3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], o en virtud de:  
4. Productos abarcados (partida del SA o de la NCCA cuando corresponda ; en otro 
caso partida del arancel nacional . Podrá indicarse además, cuando proceda, el 
número de partida de la ICS) : Agua potable (ICS : 13.060.20).  
5. Título, número de páginas e idioma(s ) del documento notificado : Proyecto de 
Norma de África Oriental D EAS 153 :2022, Packaged drinking water - Specification (Agua 
para beber embotellada . Especificaciones).  
6. Descripción del contenido : En el proyecto de Norma de África Oriental notificado se  
especifican los requisitos y los métodos de muestreo y de prueba aplicables al agua para 
beber embotellada destinada al consumo humano directo.  
7. Objetivo y razón de ser, incluida, cuando proceda, la naturaleza de los 
problemas urgentes : información al consumidor y etiquetado ; prevención de prácticas 
que puedan inducir a error y protección de los consumidores ; protección de la salud o 
seguridad humanas ; requisitos de calidad ; armonización ; reducción de obstáculos al 
comercio y facilitación del comercio.  
8. Documentos pertinentes:  
1. ASTM D 3871 -84, Standard test methods for Purgeable organic compounds in 
water using headspace sampling.  
2. ASTM D 5907 -13, Standard test methods for filterable matter (total dissolved 
solids) and non -filterable matter  (total suspended solids) in water.  G/TBT/N/BDI/257 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1286 • G/TBT/N/RWA/692 • G/TBT/N/TZA/811 • 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1662  
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  3. EAS 13 , Packaged mineral water - Specification EAS 38 , Labelling of prepackaged 
foods - Specification EAS 803 , Nutrition labelling - Requirements.  
4. EAS 39 , Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of pr actice.  
5. ISO 6059 , Water quality - Determination of the sum of calcium and magnesium 
- EDTA titrimetric metho.  
6. ISO 6222 , Water quality - Enumeration of culturable microorganisms - Colony 
count by inoculation in nutrient agar culture media.  
7. ISO 6332 , Water q uality ━ Determination of iron -spectrometric method using 1, 
10-phenanthroline.  
8. ISO 6333 , Water quality ━ Determination of manganese - Formaldoxime 
spectrometric method.  
9. ISO 6340 , Water quality ━ Detection and enumeration of Salmonella.  
10. ISO 6461 -1, Water quality ━ Detection and enumeration of the spores of sulphite 
reducing anaerobes (clostridia) ━ Part 1 : Method by enrichment in a liquid 
medium.  
11. ISO 6461 -2, Water quality ━ Detection and enumeration of the spores of sulphite 
reducing anaerobes (clost ridia) ━ Part 2 : Method by membrane filtration.  
12. ISO 6703 , Water quality ━ Determination of cyanide.  
13. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aure us 
and other species) -- Part 1 : Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium.  
14. ISO 7027 , Water quality - Determination of turbidity.  
15. ISO 7393 , Water quality - Determination of free chlorine and total chlorine.  
16. ISO 7887 , Water quality - Examination and determination of colour.  
17. ISO 7888 , Water quality - Determination of electrical conductivity.  
18. ISO 10523 , Water quality ━ Determination of pH.  
19. ISO 11423 , Water quality - Determination of benzene and some derivatives.  
20. ISO 12020 , Water quality ━ Determination of aluminium ━ Atomic absorption 
spectrometric methods.  
21. ISO 28540 , Water quality -- Determination of 16 polycyclic aromatic 
hydrocarbons (PAH) in water -- Method using gas chromatography with mass 
spectrometric detection (GC -MS). 
22. ISO 14402 , Water quality -- Determination of phenol index by flow analysis (FIA 
and CFA).  
23. ISO 15089 , Water quality -- Guidelines for selective immunoassays for the 
determination of plant treatment and pesticide agents.  
24. ISO 16265 , Water quality -- Determination of the methylene blue active 
substances (MBAS) index -- Method using continuous flow analysis (CFA).  
25. ISO 16266 , Water quality ━ Detection and enumeration of pseudomonas 
aeruginosa ━ Method by membrane filtration.  
26. ISO 22743 , Water quality -- Determination of sulfates -- Method b y continuous 
flow analysis (CFA).  
27. ISO 9308  (all parts), Water quality ---- Detection and enumeration of Escherichia 
coli and coliform bacteria.  
28. ISO 6059 , Water quality - Determination of the sum of calcium and magnesium 
- EDTA titrimetric method.  G/TBT/N/BDI/257 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1286 • G/TBT/N/RWA/692 • G/TBT/N/TZA/811 • 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1662  
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  29. ISO 6461 , Water quality ━ Detection and enumeration of the spores of sulphite 
reducing anaerobes (clostridia).  
30. ISO 7027 , Water quality - Determination of turbidity.  
31. ISO 7393 , Water quality -- Determination of free chlorine and total chlorine.  
32. ISO 7887 , Water qualit y - Examination and determination of colour.  
33. ISO 7888 , Water quality - Determination of electrical conductivity.  
34. ISO 7899 -2, Water quality - Detection and enumeration of intestinal enterococci 
- Part 2 : Membrane filtration method.  
35. ISO 7980 , Water quality - Determination of calcium and magnesium - Atomic 
absorption spectrometric method.  
36. ISO 8165 , Water quality - Determination of selected monovalent phenols.  
37. ISO 8245 , Water quality - Guidelines for the determination of total organic carbon  
(TOC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC).  
38. ISO 8288 , Water quality - Determination of cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, cadmium 
and lead -- Flame atomic absorption spectrometric methods.  
39. ISO 9297 , Water quality ━ Determination of chloride ━ Silver nitrate titration 
with chromate indicator (Mohr's method).  
40. ISO 9308 -1, Water quality - Detection and enumeration of Escherichia coli and 
coliform bacteria - Part 1 : Membrane filtration method for waters with low 
bacterial background flora.  
41. ISO 9308 -2, Wate r quality - Detection and enumeration of Escherichia coli  and 
coliform bacteria - Part 2 : Most probable number method.  
42. ISO 9696 , Water quality - Measurement of gross alpha activity in non -saline water 
-- Thick source method.  
43. ISO 9697 , Water quality - Measu rement of gross beta activity in non -saline water 
-- Thick source method.  
44. ISO 9964  (all parts), Water quality ━ Determination of sodium and potassium.  
45. ISO 10301 , Water quality - Determination of highly volatile halogenated 
hydrocarbons - Gas-chromatographi c methods.  
46. ISO 10304 -1, Water quality - Determination of dissolved anions by liquid 
chromatography of ions - Part 1 : Determination of bromide, chloride, fluoride, 
nitrate, nitrite, phosphate and sulphate.  
47. ISO 10359 , Water quality - Determination of fluorid e. 
48. ISO 10523 , Water quality - Determination of pH.  
49. ISO 11423 , Water quality - Determination of benzene and some derivatives.  
50. ISO 11732 , Water quality - Determination of ammonium nitrogen - Method by 
flow analysis (CFA and FIA) and spectrometric detection.  
51. ISO 11969 , Water quality - Determination of arsenic - Atomic absorption 
spectrometric method (hydride technique).  
52. ISO 12020 , Water quality - Determination of aluminium - Atomic absorption 
spectrometric methods.  
53. ISO 12846 , Water quality - Determination of m ercury - Method using atomic 
absorption spectrometry (AAS) with and without enrichment.  
54. ISO 14402 , Water quality - Determination of phenol index by flow analysis (FIA 
and CFA).  
55. ISO 15089 , Water quality - Guidelines for selective immunoassays for the 
determ ination of plant treatment and pesticide agents.  G/TBT/N/BDI/257 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1286 • G/TBT/N/RWA/692 • G/TBT/N/TZA/811 • 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1662  
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  56. ISO 16265 , Water quality - Determination of the methylene blue active 
substances (MBAS) index - Method using continuous flow analysis (CFA).  
57. ISO 16266 , Water quality - Detection and enumeration of pseudomona s 
aeruginosa - Method by membrane filtration.  
58. ISO 21567 , Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the detection of Shigella  spp. 
59. ISO 24153 , Random sampling and randomization procedures.  
9. Fecha propuesta de adopción : por determinar  
Fecha propuesta de entrada en vigor : por determinar  
10. Fecha límite para la presentación de observaciones : 60 días después de la fecha de 
notificación ; 60 días después de la fecha de distribución de la notificación  
11. Textos disponibles en : Servicio nacional de información [X], o dirección, 
números de teléfono y de fax y direcciones de correo electrónico y sitios web, 
en su caso, de otra institución:  
Rwanda Standards Board  (RSB) (Junta de Normas de Rwanda)  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
Teléfon o gratuito : 3250 
Teléfono : +250 788303492  
Correo electrónico: info@rsb.gov.rw  
Sitio web : www.rsb.gov.rw  
P.O.BOX 7099 , Kigali (Rwanda)  
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