G/TBT/N/BDI/192  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1173  
G/TBT/N/RWA/583  
G/TBT/N/TZA/680  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1521  
13 December 2021  
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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:  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@u nbs.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 notificati on 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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Disposable 
wet wipes; Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies, 
and similar articles, of any material (HS 9619); Products of the textile industry (ICS 
59.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 
1075:2021, Disposable wet wipes — Specification, First Edition (22 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for non -woven dispo sable wet wipes applicable for general 
personal hygiene and sanitizing purposes  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protectio n; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. EAS 377 -1, Cosmetics and cosmetic products — Part 1: List of substances 
prohibited in cosmetic products   G/TBT/N/BDI/192, G/TBT/N/KEN/1173, G/TBT/N/RWA/583, G/TBT/N/TZA/680, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1521  
 
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  2. EAS 377 -2, Cosmetic and cosmetic products — Part 2: List of substances which 
cosmetic products must not contain except subject to the restrictions laid 
down     
3. EAS 377 -4, Cosmetics and cosmetics products — Part 4: List of preservatives 
allowed in  cosmetic products    
4. ISO 1833 -11, Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis — Part 11: Mixtures of 
certain cellulose fibres with certain other fibres (method using sulfuric acid)    
5. ISO 3071, Textile materials; Method for determination of pH value of aqueou s 
extracts     
6. ISO 9073 -1, Test methods for nonwovens — Part1: Determination of mass per 
unit area     
7. ISO 9073 -18, Test methods for nonwovens — Part 18: Determination of 
breaking strength and elongation of nonwoven materials using the grab tensile 
test.   
8. ISO 18416, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Candida albicans     
9. ISO 20743, Textiles — Determination of antibacterial activity of textile 
products     
10. ISO 21149, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Enumeration and detection of aerobic 
mesophilic bacteria    
11. ISO 21150, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Escherichia coli     
12. ISO 22198, Textiles — Fabrics — Determination of width and length    
13. ISO 22717, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Pseudomonas 
aeruginosa     
14. ISO 22718, Cosmetics — Microb iology — Detection of Staphylococcus aureus  
15. FDKS 2720:2021, Non -woven disposable wet wipes — Specification    
16. DRS 439:2020, Non -woven skin care wet wipes – Specification   
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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