G/TBT/N/KEN/1246  
16 May 2022  
(22-3783) 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 [  ], 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):  Products 
of the textile industr y (ICS code(s): 59.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DKS 779: PART 
2: 2022 Specification for carpets Part 2. Sisal carpets(7 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Kenya Standard specifies requirements  for sisal carpets 
woven without pile.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• KS ISO 105 -B01- Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B01: Colour fastness 
to light: Daylight  
• KS ISO 105 -B02- Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B02: Colour fastness 
to artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp test  
• KS ISO 105 -X12-Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part X12: Colour fastness 
to rubbing  
• KS ISO 2 424- Textile floor coverings — Vocabulary  
• KS ISO 10361 -Textiles floor covering - Production of changes in appearance by 
means of Vettermann drum and Hexapod tumbler testers.  G/TBT/N/KEN/1246  
 
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  • KS ISO 2551 - Textile floor coverings and textile floor coverings in tile form — 
Determination of dimensional changes due to the effects of varied water and  
• KS ISO 10361 -Textiles  floor covering - Production of changes in appearance by 
means of Vettermann drum and Hexapod tumbler testers.  
• KS ISO 105 -C10, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part C10: Colour fastness 
to washing with soap or soap and soda  
• KS ISO 1765:1986, Machine -made textile floor coverings — Determination of 
thickness  
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, 60 5506/6948258  
Fax: + (254) 020 609660/609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs.org  
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