G/TBT/N/KEN/1151  
17 November 2021  
(21-8676) 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:  KENYA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Kenya Bureau of Standards  
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:   
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya  
Telephone: + (254) 020 605490, 605506/6948258  
Fax: + (254) 020 609660/609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs.org  
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):  Products 
of the textile industry (ICS 59.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DKS 525:2021 
Ladies' briefs — Specification (7 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Kenya Standard prescribes the requiremen ts and test 
methods for all types of briefs for girls and women. This is applicable to knitted and 
disposable briefs.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of dece ptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• KS 08 -495 Specification for gent's knitted briefs  
• GB/T 28005 -2011 Paper underpants  
• KS ISO 8559 -1, Size designation of clothes — Anthropometric definitions for body 
measurement,  
• KS ISO   8559-2 Size designation of clothes _Primary and secondary dimension  
• KS ISO 14362 -3. Textiles — Methods for determination of certain aromatic amines 
derived from azo colorants - Part 3: Dete ction of the use of certain azo colorants, 
which may release 4 -aminoazobenzene  
• KS EAS 222:2018 Knitted polyester -cellulosic blended fabric - Specification  
• KS EAS 227 :2018 Knitted cotton fabric - Specification  
• KS ISO 9073 -15 Textiles - Test methods for n onwovens Part 15: Determination of 
air permeability.  
• KS ISO 1833 Textile - Quantitative chemical analysis  
• KS ISO 9073 -18 G/TBT/N/KEN/1151  
 
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  • Ks ISO 1833 -11 Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis — Part 11: Mixtures of 
certain cellulose fibres with certain other fibres (method using sulfuric acid)  
• KS ISO 3071 Textiles - Determination of pH of aqueous extract  
• KS ISO 3758:2012Textiles -care labelling code using symbols   
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:   
Kenya Bureau of Standards  
WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point  
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya  
Telephone: + (254) 020 605490, 605506/6948258  
Fax: + (254) 020 609660/609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs.org  
 
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