G/TBT/N/BDI/420  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1525  
G/TBT/N/RWA/955  
G/TBT/N/TZA/1055  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1870  
11 December  2023 
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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  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel. No: +255 22 245 0298/+255 22 245 0206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
Telefax: +255 22 2450959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Animal or  
vegetable fertilisers, whether or not mixed together or chemically treated; fertilisers 
produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products. (HS 
code(s): 3101); Fertilizers (ICS code(s): 65.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 
1176:2023, Biofertilizers — Specifications, First edition.  
Note: This Draft East African Standard was also notified under SPS committee; (50 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft East African standard specifies requirements, 
methods of sampling and test for biofertilizers.  
This draft standard covers the following types of biofertilizers; Rhizobia, Phosphate 
solubilizing microorganism, Azospirillum and Azotobacter.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant G/TBT/N/BDI/420 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1525 • G/TBT/N/RWA/955 • G/TBT/N/TZA/1055 • 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1870  
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  life or health ; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 8157, Fertilizers, Soil Conditioners and beneficial substances – Vocabulary  
2. AOAC 2006.03, Arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, mead, molybdenum, nickel, 
and selenium in fertilizers — Microwave digestion and inductively coupled plasma -
optical emission spectrometry  
3. AOAC 965.08, Water (free) in fertilizers — Vacuum -desiccation  
4. ISO 8397, Solid fertilizers and soil conditioners – Test sieving  
5. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
6. ISO 10390, Soil, treated biowaste and s ludge — Determination of pH  
7. ISO 11465, Soil quality — Determination of dry matter and water content on a 
mass basis — Gravimetric method  
8. ISO 5315, Fertilizers — Determination of total nitrogen content — Titrimetric 
method after distillation  
9. ISO 15958, Fert ilizers — Extraction of water soluble phosphorus  
10. ISO 14820 -1, Fertilizers and liming materials — Sampling and sample preparation 
— Part 1: Sampling  
11. ISO 14820 -2, Fertilizers and liming materials — Sampling and sample preparation 
— Part 2: Sample preparation  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined and notified  
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)  
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
Morogoro/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O Box 9524  
Dar Es Salaam  
Tel: + (255) 22 2450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
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