G/TBT/N/RWA/630  
10 March 2022  
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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)  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw   
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
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 [   ], 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):  Clothes 
(ICS 61.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 500 -1: 
2022, Textiles — Garments — Specification — Part 1: General requirements (19 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Working Draft specifies general requirements, sampling 
and test methods for garments, whether made of textile, pl astic-coated fabric, fur or any 
combination of these materials. Requirements for specific garments are specified in the 
relevant parts of DRS 500 This draft Standard does not apply to personal protective wear 
NOTE Where provisions are specified in the spec ific parts of DRS 500 or any other relevant 
Rwanda Standard, these shall supersede the requirements in this Working Draft.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of  deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ARS 1569, The labelling and marking of textiles and household textile articles  
2. EAS 223, Zippers — Specification  
3. RS ISO 105 -C06, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part C06: Colour 
fastness to domestic and commercial laundering  G/TBT/N/RWA/630  
 
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  4. RS ISO 105 -B02, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B02: Colour 
fastness to artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp test  
5. RS ISO 105 -C10, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part C10: Colour 
fastness to washing with soap or soap and soda  
6. RS ISO 105 -E04, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part E 04: Colour 
fastness to perspiration  
7. RS ISO 105 -X12, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part X12: Colour 
fastness to rubbing US  
8. ISO 1833 (all parts), Textiles — Binary fibre mixtures — Quantitative chemical 
analysis  
9. RS ISO 105 -X11, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part X11: Colour 
fastness to hot pressing  
10. RS ISO 105 -B01, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B01: Colour 
fastness to light: Daylight  
11. RS ISO 1833, Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis  
12. RS ISO 3071, Textile materials — Method for determination of pH value of 
aqueous extracts  
13. RS ISO 3801, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit 
length and mass per unit area  
14. RS ISO 5077, Textiles — Determination of dimensional change in washing and 
drying  
15. ISO 6330, Textiles — Domestic washing and drying procedures for textile 
testing  
16. RS ISO 8498, Woven fabrics — Description of defects — Vocabulary  
17. RS ISO 8499, Knitted fabrics — Description of defects — Vocabulary  
18. RS ISO 9073 -1, Textiles — Test methods for nonwovens — Part 1: 
Determination of mass per unit area  
19. RS ISO 13934 -1, Textiles — Tensile properties of fabrics — Part 1: 
Determination of maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the 
strip method  
20. RS ISO 13935 -1, Textiles — Seam tensile properties of fabr ics and made -up 
textile articles — Part 1: Determination of maximum force to seam rupture 
using the strip method  
21. ISO 14362 -3, Textiles — Methods for determination of certain aromatic amines 
derived from azo colorants — Part 3: Detection of the use of certa in azo 
colorants, which may release 4 -aminoazobenzene  
22. ISO 14362 -1, Textiles — Methods for determination of certain aromatic amines 
derived from azo colorants — Part 1: Detection of the use of certain azo 
colorants accessible with and without extracting the  fibres  
23. ISO 14389, Textiles — Determination of the phthalate content — 
Tetrahydrofuran method  
24. ISO 15797, Textiles — Industrial washing and finishing procedures for testing of 
workwear  
25. ISO 16373 -1, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 1: General principles of testin g 
coloured textiles for dyestuff identification  
26. ISO 16373 -2, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 2: General method for the 
determination of extractable dyestuffs including allergenic and carcinogenic 
dyestuffs (method using pyridine -water)  G/TBT/N/RWA/630  
 
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  27. ISO 16373 -3, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 3: Method for determination of 
certain carcinogenic dyestuffs (method using triethylamine/methanol)  
28. RS ISO 22198, Textiles — Fabrics — Determination of width and length  
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:   
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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