G/SPS/N/BDI/91  
G/SPS/N/KEN/266  
G/SPS/N/RWA/84  
G/SPS/N/TZA/331  
G/SPS/N/UGA/316  
5 February 2024  
(24-0906) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed or stripped, otherwise 
unmanufactured (HS code(s): 240120); Tobacco, tobacco products and related equip ment 
(ICS code(s): 65.160)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DEAS 1195: 2024, Fine -cut smoking tobacco (Roll your 
own) — Specification, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  7 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/TZA/24_01091_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This draft East African Standard prescribes the requirements, 
methods of test and sampling for Fine -cut smoking tobacco including Roll -Your-Own (RYO) 
and Make -Your-Own (MYO). This standard does not include unprocessed tobacco.  
Note: This Draft East African Standard was also notified under TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health , [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title o r serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/BDI/91 • G/SPS/N/KEN/266 • G/SPS/N/RWA/84 • G/SPS/N/TZA/331 • 
G/SPS/N/UGA/316  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. EAS 110, Cigarettes – specification  
2. ISO 15152, Tobacco and tobacco products -Determination of the content of total 
alkaloids as nicotine — Continuous -flow analysis method  
3. ISO 15592 -1, Fine -cut tobacco  and smoking articles made from it — Methods of 
sampling, conditioning and analysis — Part 1: Sampling  
4. ISO 20193, Tobacco and tobacco products — Determination of the width of the strands 
of cut tobacco  
5. ISO 2817, Tobacco and tobacco products Determination o f silicate residues insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
6. TZS 2590:2019, Fine - Cut Smoking tobacco – General Requirements  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined and notified.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 5 April 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
avail able) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298  
 +(255  22) 245 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298  
 +(255 22) 245 0206 
Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz