G/TBT/N/BDI/261 , G/TBT/N/KEN/1290  
G/TBT/N/RWA/696 , G/TBT/N/TZA/815  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1666  
28 September 2022  
(22-7261) 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, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  
Tel: +255 222450206,  
E- mail: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  - Soap 
and organic surface -active products and preparations , in the form of bars, cakes, moulded 
pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or 
covered with soap or detergent : (HS code(s): 34011); Surface active agents (ICS 
code(s): 71.100.40)  
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 812: 
2022,Synthetic and combined (soap and synthetic) liquid hand wash – Specification,  
Second Edition; (19 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for synthetic and combined (soap and synthetic) hand wash.  
This standard does not apply to only soap -based hand wash.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
• ASTM D1569, Standard test method for detergent alkylate  
• EAS 217 -1-1, Methods for the microbiological examination of foods — Part 1 -1: 
General procedures and techniques  
• EAS 377 -1, Cosmetics and cosmetics products — Part 1: List of substances 
prohibited in cosmetic products  G/TBT/N/BDI/261, G/TBT/N/KEN/1290, G/TBT/N/RWA/696, G/TBT/N/T ZA/815, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1666  
 
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  • EAS 377 -2, Cosmetics and cosmetics products — Part 2: List of substances which 
cosmetic products must not contain except subject to restrict ions laid down  
• EAS 377 -3, Cosmetics and cosmetics products — Part 3: List of colourants allowed 
in cosmetic products  
• EAS 377 -4, Cosmetics and cosmetics products — Part 4: List of preservatives 
allowed in cosmetic products  
• EAS 377 -5, Cosmetics and cosmetics products — Part 5: Use of UV filters in 
cosmetic products  
• EAS 794, Determination of the microbial inhibition of cosmetic soap bars and 
liquid hand and body washes — Test method  
• ISO 4314, Surface active agents — Determination of free alkalinity or  free acidity 
— Titrimetric method  
• ISO 862, Surface active agents — Vocabulary ISO 4316, Surface active agents — 
Determination of pH of aqueous solutions — Potentiometric method  
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:   
Contact person(s):  
Ms. Bahati Samillani (NEP officer) and Mr. Clavery Chausi  
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
Morogoro/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O Box 9524  
Dar Es Salaam  
Tel: +(255) 22 2450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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