G/TBT/N/BDI/139  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1126  
G/TBT/N/RWA/518  
G/TBT/N/TZA/628  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1412  
17 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:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
 MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
 P O BOX 9524  
Telephone No+255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
Name and addr ess (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 [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):  Cigarettes, 
containing tobacco (HS 240220); Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment (ICS 
65.160)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 
110:2021,Cigarettes — Specification 2nd edition (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling 
and test methods for cigarettes. This standard does not cover the requirements for flavour 
and aroma of cigarettes.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature o f urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
ISO 3402, Tobacco and tobacco products — Atmosphere for conditioning and testing  
ISO 2817, Tobacco and tobacco products — Determination of silicated residues insoluble 
in hydr ochloric acid  
ISO 2881, Tobacco and tobacco products — Determination of alkaloid content -
spectrometric method  G/TBT/N/BDI/139, G/TBT/N/KEN/1126, G/TBT/N/RWA/518, G/TBT/N/TZA/628, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1412  
 
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  ISO ISO 3550 -1, Cigarettes — Determination of loss of tobacco from the ends — Part 1: 
Method using a rotating cylindrical cage  
ISO 4387, Cigarette s — Determination of total and nicotine -free dry particulate matter 
using a routine analytical smoking machine  
ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 1: Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
ISO 8243, Cigarettes — Sampling  
ISO 8454, Determination of carbon monoxide in the vapour phase of cigarette smoke — 
NDIR method  
ISO 9174, Water quality — Determination of chromium — Atomic absorption 
spectrometric methods  
10185, Tobacco and tobacco products — Vocabulary ISO 10315, Determination of nicotine 
in smoke condensates — Gas-chromatographic method  
ISO 12193, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of lead by direct graphite 
furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy  
ISO 20193, Tobacco and tobacco products — Determination of the width of the strands 
of cut tobacco  
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:   
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 9524  
Dar Es Salaam  
 
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go. tz 
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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