G/TBT/N/KEN/1255  
19 May 2022  
(22-3863) 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 [  ], 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):  Road 
vehicles in general (ICS c ode(s): 43.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Public notice on  
DKS 1515 Road Vehicles - Inspection of Road Vehicles - Code of Practice; (1 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  Following the declaration of KS 1515: 2019 - Road Vehicles — 
Inspection of Road Vehicles — Code of Practice as a mandatory Kenya Standard by the 
Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development, KEBS wishes 
to inform all stakeholders and the general public tha t effective 1st July 2022;  
• All USED passenger Minibuses, Minibuses, Large buses, Single articulated and Bi -
articulated buses and Double -decker buses shall not be allowed for importation into the 
country. However, used passenger Microbus (up to 7 m overa ll length) shall continue to 
be imported into the country provided they are NOT older than Eight (8) years from the 
year of first registration.  
• All USED rigid Trucks with Gross Vehicle mass (GVM) equal to or greater than 3.5 tons 
and up to and including 30 tons shall not be allowed for importation into the country.  
• Only tractor heads and Prime movers not older than three (3) years from the year of 
first registration shall be allowed for importation. This shall apply up to 30th June 2023 
after which NO u sed tractor heads and prime movers shall be allowed for importation into 
the country.  G/TBT/N/KEN/1255  
 
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  • All other USED Road vehicles not mentioned above shall continue to be imported into 
the country provided that they are NOT older than eight (8) years from the year of first 
registration.  
• All imported new diesel -powered, and petrol (gasoline) powered vehicles shall be type -
approved to meet the requirements of EURO IV/4 before importation into the country.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent prob lems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
KS 1515:2019  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
Proposed date of entry into force:  1st July 2022  
10. Final date for comments:  N/A 
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) 0 20 609660/609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs.org  
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