G/SPS/N/BDI/15, G/SPS/N/KEN/167  
G/SPS/N/RWA/8, G/SPS/N/TZA/199  
G/SPS/N/UGA/209  
 
19 October 2022  
(22-7846) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated 
waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flav oured; ice and 
snow (HS code(s): 2201); Drinking water (ICS code(s): 13.060.20)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified d ocument:  DEAS 13: 2022, Packaged mineral water — 
Specification, Fourth edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  36 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/RWA/22_6968_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for packaged mineral water for human consumption. 
This Standard applies to natural mineral water, mineral water, natural spring water, spring 
water and carbonated mineral water.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius  Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CXS 227 -2001, General Standard for 
Bottled/Packaged Drinking Waters (Other Than Natural Mineral Waters)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic  
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/BDI/15 • G/SPS/N/KEN/167 • G/SPS/N/RWA/8 • G/SPS/N/TZA/199 • G/SPS/N/UGA/209  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− ASTM D 3871 -84, Standard test methods for purgeable organic compounds in water 
using headspace sampling  
− ASTM D 5907-13, Standard test methods for filterable matter (total dissolved solids) 
and non -filterable matter (total suspended solids) in water  
− EAS 38, Labelling of prepackaged foods — Specification  
− ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
− ISO 10304 -1, Water quality — Determination of dissolved anions by liquid 
chromat ography of ions — Determination of bromide, chloride, fluoride, nitrite, nitrate, 
phosphate and sulphate  
− ISO 10359, Water quality — Determination of fluoride  
− ISO 10523, Water quality — Determination of pH  
− ISO 10530, Water quality — Determination of dissolv ed sulfide — Photometric method 
using methylene blue  
− ISO 10566, Water quality — Determination of aluminium — Spectrometric method 
using pyrocatechol violet  
− ISO 11423, Water quality — Determination of benzene and some derivatives  
− ISO 11732, Water quality -- Determination of ammonium nitrogen — Method by flow 
analysis (CFA and FIA) and spectrometric detection  
− ISO 11885, Water quality — Determination of selected elements by inductively coupled 
plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP -OES) 
− ISO 11969, Water qua lity — Determination of arsenic — Atomic absorption 
spectrometric method (hydride technique)  
− ISO 12020, Water quality — Determination of aluminium — Atomic absorption 
spectrometric method  
− ISO 12846, Water quality — Determination of mercury — Method using a tomic 
absorption spectrometry (AAS) with and without enrichment  
− ISO 15089, Water quality — Guidelines for selective immunoassays for the 
determination of plant treatment and pesticide agents  
− ISO 16265, Water quality — Determination of the methylene blue ac tive substances 
(MBAS) index — Method using continuous flow analysis (CFA)  
− ISO 16266, Water quality -- Detection and enumeration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ━ 
Method by membrane filtration  
− ISO 21567, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizonta l method for the 
detection of Shigella spp  
− ISO 24153, Random sampling and randomization procedures  
− ISO 28540, Water quality — Determination of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 
(PAH) in water -- Method using gas chromatography with mass spectrometric dete ction 
(GC-MS) 
− ISO 28540, Water quality — Determination of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 
(PAH) in water — Method using gas chromatography with mass spectrometric 
detection (GC -MS) 
− ISO 5961, Water quality — Determination of cadmium by atomic absorption  
spectrometry  
− ISO 6059, Water quality -- Determination of the sum of calcium and magnesium -— 
EDTA titrimetric method  
− ISO 6222, Water quality ― Enumeration of culturable microorganisms ━ Colony count 
by inoculation in nutrient agar culture media ISO 6332, Water quality — Determination 
of iron — Spectrometric method using 1,10 -phenanthroline  
− ISO 6333, Water quality -- Determination of manganese — Formaldoxime 
spectrometric method  
− ISO 6461 -1, Water quality ― Detection and enumeration of the spores of sulphite  
reducing anaerobes (clostridia) — Part 1: Method by enrichment in a liquid medium  
− ISO 6461 -2, Water quality ― Detection ad enumeration of the spores of sulphite -
reducing anaerobes (clostridia) — Part 2: Method by membrane filtration  
− ISO 6703, Water quality — Determination of cyanide  
− ISO 6777, Water quality -- Determination of nitrite — Molecular absorption 
spectrometric method  (available in English)  G/SPS/N/BDI/15  • G/SPS/N/KEN/167 • G/SPS/N/RWA/8  • G/SPS/N/TZA/199 • G/SPS/N/UGA/209  
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 18 December 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
P.O. BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
Tel: +(250) 788303492  
E-mail: info@rsb.gov.rw  
Website: http://www.rsb.gov.rw