G/TBT/N/RWA/245  
 
25 April 2019  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  RWANDA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)  
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:   
Rwanda Standards Board  
KK 15 Rd, 49              
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda                       
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw                                                  
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw   
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):  Protection 
against dangerous goods (ICS 13.300)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 951: 
2019, Transport of dangerous goods — Packaging for road and rail transport (216 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  1.1 This draft East African Standard identifies various methods 
of packagin g that are suitable for prescribed maximum quantities of dangerous goods 
that may be offered for transport by road or by rail.  
1.2 It specifies minimum performance requirements for the packaging,  
1.3 It prescribes procedures to be followed to obtain packaging approval  
1.4 it specifies marks, labels and placards to be displayed on the packaging  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment; Qual ity 
requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• ISO 9978, Radiation protection – Sealed radioactive sources – Leakage test 
methods  
• ISO 10297, Gas cylinders – Refillable gas cylinder valves – Specification and 
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  • ISO 10461, Seamless aluminium -alloy gas cylinders – Periodic inspection and 
testing  
• ISO 10462, Cylinders for dissolved acetylene – Periodic inspection and 
maintenance  
• ISO 11114 -1, Transportable gas cylinders – Compatibility of cylinder and valve 
material with gas contents – Part 1: Metallic mate rials 
• ISO 11114 -2, Transportable gas cylinders – Compatibility of cylinder and valve 
material with gas contents – Part 2: Non -metallic materials  
• ISO 11621, Gas cylinders – Procedures for change of gas service  
• ISO 11623, Transportable gas cylinders – Period ic inspection and testing of 
composite gas cylinders  
• ISO 11949, Cold -reduced electrolytic tinplate  
• ISO 11950, Cold -reduced electrolytic chromium/chromium oxide -coated steel  
• ISO 11951, Cold -reduced blackplate in coil form for the production of tinplate or 
electrolytic chromium/chromium oxide -coated steel  
• DEAS 949:2019, The identification and classification of dangerous goods for 
transport  
• DEAS 952 -1:2019, Transport of dangerous goods – Emergency information 
systems – Part 1: Emergency information system for road transport  
• Radiation Protection and Safety of Radiation Sources: International Basic Safety 
Standards; General Safety Requirements Part 3; No. GSR Part 3  
• NOTE Explanatory material on the 2005 edition of TS -R-1 can be found in the 
Advisory material for the IAEA Regulations for the safe transport of radioactive 
material, Safety standards series No. TS -G-1.1 (ST -2) IAEA. Vienna, 2007  
• Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive MateriaL, Specific Safety 
Requirements; No. SSR -6 , 2018 Edition  
• Recommend ations on the transport of dangerous goods, Manual of Tests and 
Criteria, Sixth revised edition  
• International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS). WHO recommended 
classification of pesticides by hazard and guidelines to classification, 2005. 
World Health O rganization, Geneva  
• ASTM D 4359, Standard test method for determining whether a material is a 
liquid or a solid  
• ISO 535, Paper and board – Determination of water absorptiveness – Cobb 
method  
• ISO 2919, Radiation protection – Sealed radioactive sources – General 
requirements and classification  
• ISO 3573, Hot -rolled carbon steel sheet of commercial and drawing qualities  
• ISO 3574, Cold -reduced carbon steel sheet of commercial and drawing qualities  
• ISO 3807 -1, Cylinders for acetylene – Basic requirements – Part 1 : Cylinders 
without fusible plugs  
• ISO 3807 -2, Cylinders for acetylene – Basic requirements – Part 2: Cylinders 
with fusible plugs  
• ISO 6406, Periodic inspection and testing of seamless steel gas cylinders  
• ISO 7195, Packaging of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) for transport  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  G/TBT/N/RWA/245  
 
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  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:   
KK 15 Rd, 49       
Toll Free: 3250         
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw   
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw   
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
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