G/TBT/N/KEN/1155  
17 November 2021  
(21-8680) 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:  KENYA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Kenya Bureau of Standards  
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:   
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya  
Telephone: + (254) 020 605490, 605506/6948258  
Fax: + (254) 020 609660/609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs.org  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 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):  
Telecommunication services. Applications (ICS 33.030)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DKS 2952 -
2:2021 Accessibility ― ICT products and services. Part 2: Conformance (118 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This part 2 of KS 2952 specifies the means necessary to 
determine conformance with the individual requirements given in part 1 of this standard  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
EN 301 -549 V3.2.1:2021 -03, Accessibility Requirements for ICT Products and Services.  
The National Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) Policy, 2019.  
The Data Protection Act, 2019, Part IV — Principles and Obligations of  personal data 
Protection  
ANSI/IEEE C63.19 (2011): American National Standard Method of Measurement of 
Compatibility between Wireless Communication Devices and Hearing Aids  
ANSI/TIA -4965: Telecommunications telephone terminal equipment receive volume 
control requirements for digital and analog wireline handset terminals.  
ETSI ES 200 381 -1 (V1.2.1) (October 2012): Telephony for hearing impaired people; 
Inductive coupling of telephone earphones to hearing aids; Part 1: Fixed -line speech 
terminals.  G/TBT/N/KEN/1155  
 
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  ETSI ES 200  381-2 (V1.1.1) (October 2012): Telephony for hearing impaired people; 
Inductive coupling of telephone earphones to hearing aids; Part 2: Cellular speech 
terminals.  
ETSI ETS 300 381 (Edition 1) (December 1994): Telephony for hearing impaired people; 
Induct ive coupling of telephone earphones to hearing aids.  
ETSI ES 202 975: Human Factors (HF); Requirements for relay services Web Content 
Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG) 2.0.  
IETF RFC 4103 (2005): "RTP Payload for Text Conversation".  
ISO/IEC 40500:2012: Information technology — W3C Web Content Accessibility 
Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0  
KS ISO 21542: "Building construction - Accessibility and usability of the built environment  
KS 2952 – 1; Accessibility ― ICT products and services: Part: 2 Requirement s 
Recommendation ITU -T V.18 (2000): "Operational and interworking requirements for 
DCEs operating in the text telephone mode".  
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1  
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:   
Kenya Bureau of Standards  
WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point  
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya  
Telephone: + (254) 020 605490, 605506/6948258  
Fax: + (254) 020 609660/609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs.org  
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