G/TBT/N/TZA/541  
24 March 2021  
(21-2420) 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:  TANZANIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
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):  Furniture 
(ICS 97.140)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  CDC 11 ( 303) 
DTZS Spring mattress — Specification (18 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods of spring mattresses for general usage  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requireme nts 
8. Relevant documents:   
• TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 20/ISO 13934 -2, Textiles - Tensile properties of fabrics — Part 2: 
Determination of maximum force using the grab method  
• TZS 22/ ISO 13934 -1, Textile - Tensile properties of fabrics - Part 1: 
Determination of maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the 
strip method  
• TZS 43/ ISO 105 -C10, Methods for the determination of colour fastness of 
textile Materials to washing  
• TZS 138/ ISO 105 -D01, Method for determination of colour fastness of textile 
materials to dry cleaning  
• TZS 359, Methods of test and sampling for Flexible polyurethane foam  
• TZS 360, Flexible polyurethane foam mattresses — Specification  
• BS EN 71 -3, Safety of toys; Part 3: Migration of certain elements  
• ISO 1 1130, Corrosion of metals and alloys — Alternate immersion test in salt 
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  • BS 4637, Specification for carbon steel wire for coiled springs (bedding and 
seating)  
• TZS 21, Textiles – Woven or knitted fabrics – Determination of mass per unit 
length and per unit area.  
• BS 3173: 1996, Specification for spring units for mattresses, published by 
British Standard  Institution  
• BS 1877: Part 10: 2011, Specification for mattresses and bumpers for children's 
cots, perambulators and similar domestic articles, pu blished by British 
Standards Institution Various specifications of local spring mattresses 
manufacturing companies  
• TZS 360: 1996, Domestic Mattresses -Flexible polyurethane foam - Specification, 
published by Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
• BS 4637: 1970, Speci fication for carbon steel wire for coiled springs (bedding 
and seating), published by British Standards Institution  
• BS 3173:1996 Specification for spring units for mattresses, published by British 
Standards Institution  
• BS 1425 -1:1999 Cleanliness of filling s and stuffing, upholstery and other 
domestic articles Part 1: Specification for fillings and stuffings other than feather 
and/or down, published by British Standards Institution  
• SANS 1401 -10:2004 Specification for woven cotton and similar household 
fabric s and articles Part 10: Cotton ticking, published by South African Bureau of 
Standards  
• SANS 902:1971 Specification for hessian cloth, published by South African 
Bureau of Standards  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2021  
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:   
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  
 
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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