G/TBT/N/SEN/14  
12 April 2023 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : SENEGAL  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Association Sénégalaise de Normalisation  (Senegalese Standardization Association)  
Avenue Jean Jaurès Immeuble El Hadj Omar DIA 6 ème Etage  
Tel.: 33 829 58 25, BP 4037 DAKAR  
Email: asn@asn.sn  
Website : www.asn.sn  
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:  
Mr Kamara Mehefolo, Acting Chief Technical Advisor Int . Expert in Quality Promotion, 
West Africa Competitiveness and Quality Infrastructure Project ECOWAS Building River 
Mall & Plaza, Central Area, Abuja, F.C.T  
Tel.: (+234) 7065942823 (Abuja) / (+225) 0700889356 (Abidjan)  
Email: k.mehefolo@unido.org  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 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) : HS codes : 
500790, 63 ; ICS codes : 59.040, 59.060, 59.080.30, 59.080.99  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : REGLEMENT 
C/REG.XX/YY/ZZ PORTANT TRAITEMENT DES DECHETS TEXTILES  (Regulation 
C/REG.XX/YY/ZZ on treatment of textile waste) (12 pages, in French)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft technical regulation seeks to contribute to the 
treatment of waste from textile garments, home linen and shoe products in ECOWAS 
member States . It lays down the precautions to be taken with regard to the use and end 
of life of clothing , in addition to provisions for the collection, sorting, treatment or 
recovery of textil e waste.  G/TBT/N/SEN/14  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Develop and sustain a waste management system for textile garments, home 
linen and shoe products, i.e. one that provides for  their collection, sorting and recov ery, 
with a focus on recovering such items through reuse and recycling, in accordance with 
the waste treatment hierarchy set out in Directive 2008/98/EC of 1 9 November 2 008 on 
waste and in Article L. 541 -1 of the environmental code . The extended producer 
responsibility scheme applied to the waste management system for textile garments, 
home linen and shoe products also seeks to optimi ze the management of such waste from 
an environmental, economic and social perspective ; Protection of the environment ; 
Quality requirements ; Harmonization ; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:  
· Arrêté du 19 septembre 2017 relatif à la procédure d'approbation et portant cahier des 
charges des systèmes individuels de la filière des déchets issus des produits textiles 
d'habillement, du linge de maison et des chaussures, en application des articles L. 541 -
10-3 et R. 543 -217 à R. 543 -224 du code de l'environnement  
· Les TLC usagés sur mon territoire, mon guide pratique  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined.  
10. Final date for comments : 20 April 2 023 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/SEN/23_8905_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/SEN/23_8905_00_f.pdf