G/TBT/N/BDI/156  
12 October 2021  
(21-7691) 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:  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: 25722221577/+25722281045  
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org  
Web site: 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):  Textile 
fabrics (ICS 59.080.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Long lasting 
insecticide treated mosquito  nets —Specification  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for treated Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLIN).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems wher e 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
EAS 124, Rounding off number values  
ISO 105 -B01, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B01: Colour fastness to light: 
Daylight  
ISO 105-B02, Textiles -- Tests for colour fastness — Part B02: Colour fastness to 
artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp test  
ISO 105 -C10, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part C10: Colour fastness to 
washing with soap or soap and soda  
ISO 139, Standard  atmospheres for conditioning and testing  
ISO 1833 -1, Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis — Part 1: General principles of 
testing  
ISO 1833 -2, Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis — Part 2: Ternary fibre mixtures  
ISO 1833 -5, Textiles — Quantitati ve chemical analysis — Part 5: Mixtures of viscose, 
cupro or modal and cotton fibres (method using sodium zincate)  
ISO 1833 -11, Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis — Part 11: Mixtures of cellulose G/TBT/N/BDI/156  
 
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  and Polyester fibres (method using sulphuric acid)  
ISO 1833 -16, Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis — Part 16: Mixtures of 
polypropylene fibres and certain other fibres (method using xylene)  
ISO 1833 -24, Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis — Part 24: Mixtures of 
polyester and some other fibres (m ethod using phenol and tetrachloroethane)  
ISO 1833 -25, Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis — Part 25: Mixtures of 
polyester and certain other fibres (method using trichloro acetic acid and chloroform)  
ISO 2060, Textiles — Yarn from packages — Determi nation of linear density (mass per 
unit length) by the Skein method  
ISO 2076, Textiles — Man-made fibres — Generic names  
ISO 3758, Textiles — Care labelling code using symbols  
ISO 3759, Textiles — Preparation, marking and measuring of fabric specimens and 
garments in tests for determination of dimensional change  
ISO 3801, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length and mass 
per unit area  
ISO 5077, Textiles — Determination of dimensional change in washing and drying  
ISO 6330, Textiles — Domestic washing and drying procedures for textile testing  
ISO 6938, Textiles — Natural fibres — Generic names and definitions  
ISO 8388, Knitted fabrics — Types — Vocabulary  
ISO 8499, Knitted fabrics — Description of defects — Vocabulary  
ISO 13938 (all par ts), Textiles — Bursting properties of fabrics  
ISO 16373 -1, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 1: General principles of testing coloured 
textiles for dyestuff identification  
ISO 16373 -2, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 2: General method for the determination of 
extractable dyestuffs including allergenic and carcinogenic dyestuffs (method using 
pyridine -water)  
ISO 16373 -3, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 3: Method for determination of certain 
carcinogenic dyestuffs (method using triethylamine/methanol)  
ISO/TR 11827, Textil es — Composition testing — Identification of fibres  
[1] EAS 455:2019, Long lasting insecticide treated mosquito nets — Specification  
[2] WHO Interim specification 333/LN/1 (July 2019)  
[3] WHO Interim specification 333/LN/2 (January 2019)  
[4] WHO Interim sp ecification 333+33/LN/1 (NETTING) (April 2019)  
[5] WHO Interim specification 333+33/LN/1 (NET) (April 2019)  
[6] WHO Interim specification 333+33/LN/2 (NETTING) (January 2019)  
[7] WHO Interim specification 333+33/LN/2 (NET) (January 2019)  
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: +25722281045 or +25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org  
Website: www.bbnburundi.org