G/TBT/N/BDI/98  
30 April 2021  
(21-3718) 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:  BURUNDI   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Burundi Bureau of Standards and Quality Control (BBN)  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815/+25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org  
Website: www.bbnburundi.org  
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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Tissue 
paper (ICS 85.080.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Kitchen paper 
towel — Specification (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
samplin g and test methods for kitchen paper towels supplied in rolls and sheets used for 
hygiene and cleaning purposes in the kitchen.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Preventi on of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
• EAS 880, Waxed paper for packaging of confectionery — Specification (1st  
Edition)  
• EAS 933, Paper and board intended to come into contact with foodstuffs — 
Determination of formaldehyde in an aqueous extract (1st Edition)  
• ISO 186, Paper and board — Sampling to determine average quality  
• ISO 287, Paper and board — Determination of moisture  content of a lot — Oven-
drying method  
• ISO 2470 -1, Paper, board and pulps — Measurement of diffuse blue reflectance 
factor — Part 1: Indoor daylight conditions (ISO brightness ) G/TBT/N/BDI/98  
 
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  • ISO 6588 -2, Paper, board and pulps — Determination of pH of aqueous extracts 
— Part 2: Hot extraction  
• ISO 8784 -1, Pulp, paper and board — Microbiological examination — Part 1: 
Enumeration of bacteria and bacterial spores based on disintegration  
• ISO 11093 -4, Paper and board — Testing of cores — Part 4: Measurement of 
dimensions  
• ISO 12 625-4, Tissue paper and tissue products — Part 4: Determination of tensile 
strength, stretch at break and tensile energy absorption  
• ISO 12625 -5, Tissue paper and tissue products — Part 5: Determination of wet 
tensile strength  
• ISO 12625 -6, Tissue paper and tissue products — Part 6: Determination of 
grammage  
• ISO 12625 -8, Tissue paper and tissue products — Part 8: Water -absorption time 
and water -absorption capacity, basket -immersion test method  
• ISO 13914, Soil quality — Determination of dioxins and furans and dioxin -like 
polychlorinated biphenyls by gas chromatography with high -resolution mass 
selective detection (GC/HRMS)  
• ISO 29681, Paper, board and pulps — Determination of pH of salted water 
extracts  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Propos ed 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:   
Documentation and Information Centre Division at BBN  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722281045 or +25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org  
Website: www.bbnburundi.org  
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