G/TBT/N/KEN/1194  
5 January 2022  
(22-0039) 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):  Wadding, 
gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated 
or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, 
dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and other a rticles having an 
adhesive layer) (HS 300590); Textile fabrics (ICS 59.080.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 229:2021 
Crepe bandages — Specification (18 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft  East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for crepe bandages.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Quality 
requireme nts; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
• ASTM D 2255, Standard Test Method for Grading Spun Yarns for Appearance  
• ISO 139, Textiles — Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing  
• EAS 155 -1, Cotton yarns — Code of practice for the grading of spun yarns — 
Part 1: Grading by appearance   
• ISO 3071, Textiles — Determination of pH of aqueous extract  
• ISO 3801, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length and 
mass per unit area  
• ISO 8498, Woven fabrics — Description of defects — Vocabulary  G/TBT/N/KEN/1194  
 
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  • EAS 237, Methods for determination of colourfastness of textile materials to 
washing  
• ISO 8499, Knitted fabrics — Description of defects — Vocabulary  
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.or g; Website: http://www.kebs.org  
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