G/TBT/N/TZA/538  
17 March 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:  TANZANIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania 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:   
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):  Other 
products of the chemical industry (ICS 71.100.99)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  CDC 13(210) 
CD2 General purpose thinner for synthetic paints and varnishes —Specification (4 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for general purpose thinner, for synthetic paints and varnishes  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, lab elling; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
ASTM D 86, Standard test method for distillation of petroleum products at atmospheric 
pressure  
ASTM D 1613, Standard test method for acidity in volatile solvents and chemical 
intermediates used in paints, varnish, lacquer and related products ASTM D 5580, 
Standard test method for determination of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, p/m -
Xylene, o -Xylene, C9 and heavier aromatics, and total aromatics in finished gasoline by 
gas chromatography ASTM D 5769,  Standard test method for determination of Benzene, 
Toluene, and total aromatics in finished gasolines by gas chromatography/mass 
spectrometry  
ISO 4618, Paints and varnishes — Terms and definitions  
TZS 1887/ISO 1523, Determination of flash point — Closed c up equilibrium method  
TZS 918/ISO 2811 -1 Paints and varnishes — Determination of density — Part 1: 
Pyknometer method  
TZS 603/ISO 3668, Paints and varnishes — Visual comparison of the colour of paints  
TZS 1890/ISO 15528, Paints, varnishes and raw materials f or paints and varnishes — 
Sampling  
ISO 16000 -28, Indoor air — Part 28, Determination of odour emissions from building 
products using test chambers  
TZS 649/ISO 4317, Surface -active agents and detergents — Determination of water G/TBT/N/TZA/538  
 
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  content — Karl Fischer method s 
TZS 59 Water for analytical laboratory use – Specification and test method  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
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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