G/TBT/N/BDI/117  
18 May 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   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Burundi Bureau of Standards and Quality Control (BBN)  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815/+25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org  
Website: www.bbnburundi.org  
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:   
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):  Paper 
products in general (ICS 85.080.01)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Thermal -
sensitive paper roll fo r printers —Specification (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for thermal -sensitive paper used in places where information 
has to be printed out quickly and  economically  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
• ASTM D 6789, Standard Test Method for Accelerated Light Aging of Printing and 
Writing Paper by Xenon -Arc Exposure Apparatus  
• ISO 186, Paper and board — Sampling to determine average quality  
• ISO 287, Paper and board — Determination of moisture content of a lot — 
Oven-drying method  
• ISO 536, Paper and board — Determination of grammage  
• ISO 1924 -2, Paper and board — Determination of tensile properties — Part 2: 
Constant rate of elongation method (20 mm/min)  
• ISO 2470 -1, Paper, board and pulps — Measurement of diffuse blue reflectance 
factor — Part 1: Indoor daylight conditions (ISO brightness)  G/TBT/N/BDI/117  
 
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  • ISO 2471, Paper and board — Determination of opacity (paper backing) — Diffuse 
reflectance method  
• ISO 4046 (all parts), Paper, board, pulps and related terms — Vocabulary  
• ISO 5627, Paper and board — Determination of smoothness (Bekk method)  
• ISO 6588 -1, Paper, board and pulps — Determination of pH of aqueous extracts 
— Part 1: Cold extraction  
• ISO 8791 -2, Paper and board — Determination of roughness/smoothness (air leak 
methods) — Part 2: Bendtsen method  
• ISO 11093 -4, Paper and board — Testing of cores — Part 4: Measurement of 
dimensions  
• TBS/CDC -10 (6437) P3 Thermal paper rolls — Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
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:   
Documentation and Information Centre Division at BBN  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815 or +25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org  
Website: www.bbnburundi.org