G/TBT/N/PAK/171  
9 February 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:  PAKISTAN   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority  
WTO TBT National Enquiry Point  
PSQCA Complex, Gulistan -e-Johar  
Karachi, Pakistan  
Tel.: (+92) 21 99261878  
E-mail: tbt@psqca.com.pk   
Website: http://www.psqca.com.pk/  
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):  Shaving 
Cream PS: 3508 ICS No. 665.584.2  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Shaving Cream 
PS: 3508 ICS No. 665.584.2 (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Pakistan Standard was adopted by the Pakistan Standards 
and Quality Control Authority on 30 -03-1994. After the draft finalized by the Cosmetic & 
Toilet Goods Technical Committee had been approved by the National Standard 
Committee.  
This standard is intended chiefly to cover the technical provision rel ating to the supply of 
material & it does not include all the necessary provisions of a contract.  
Shaving creams of lather type are basically soaps composed of sodium and potassium 
stearates, mixed with water and glycerol to give a creamy soft texture.   Non-lather 
(brushless) shaving creams are as essentially oil -in-water emulsions: They usually consist 
of mineral oil emulsified in water with a stearate soap containing an excess of stearic acid.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This specification prescribes the requirements and methods of sampling and 
test for shaving creams of both lather type and non -lather type. It does not cover aerosols 
and other types of foams used for shaving Human heal th or Safety requirements . G/TBT/N/PAK/171  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  90 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat  
Proposed date of entry into force:  90 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat  
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:   
Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority  
WTO TBT National Enquiry Point  
PSQCA Complex, Gulistan -e-Johar  
Karachi, Pakistan  
Tel.: (+92) 21 99261878   
E-mail: tbt@psqca.com.pk   
Website: http://www.psqca.com.pk/  
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