G/TBT/N/BDI/343, G/TBT/N/KEN/1411  
G/TBT/N/RWA/850, G/TBT/N/TZA/933  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1759  
12 April 2023  
(23-2582) 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, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs .go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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):  Sanitary 
towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies, and similar articles, of 
any material (HS code(s): 9619); Textile fabrics (ICS code(s): 59.080.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 96 -1: 
2023, Sanitary towels — Specification — Part 1: Disposable, Fourth Edition; (28 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for disposable sanitary towels (also known as sanitary 
pads/sanitary napkins). This standard does not apply to reusable sanitary towels.  
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; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. EAS 377 (all parts), Cosmetics and cosmetic products  
2. ISO 139, Textiles — Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing  
3. ISO 3071, Textiles — Determination of pH of aqueous extract  G/TBT/N/BDI/343 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1411 • G/TBT/N/RWA/850 • G/TBT/N/TZA/933 • 
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  4. ISO 6887 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Preparation of test samples, initial 
suspension and decimal dilutions for microbiological examination — Part 1: 
General rules for the preparation of the initial suspension and decimal dilutions  
5. ISO 21149, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Enumeration and detectio n of aerobic 
mesophilic bacteria  
6. ISO 21150, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Escherichia coli  
7. ISO 22198, Textiles — Fabrics — Determination of width and length  
8. ISO 22717, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
9. ISO 22718, Cosm etics — Microbiology — Detection of Staphylococcus aureus  
10. EAS 96 -1: 2018, Sanitary towels — Specification — Part 1: Disposable (Third 
Edition)  
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:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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