G/TBT/N/KEN/1605  
19 April 2024  
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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:  KENYA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Kenya 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:   
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200,  
Nairobi, Kenya  
Telephone: + (254) 020 605490, 605506/6948258 Fax: + (254) 020 609660/609665 E -
mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs. org 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 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):  Products 
of the textile industry (ICS code(s): 59.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DARS 
1601:2024: Lo ng Lasting Insecticide Treated Mosquito Nets — Specification; (55 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This committee Draft African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling, and test methods for treated Long Lasting Insecticide Nets (LLIN)  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 105 -B01, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B01: Colour fastness to 
light: Daylight  
2. ISO 105 -B02, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B02: Colour fastness to 
artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp test  
3. ISO 105 -C10, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part C10: Colou r fastness to 
washing with soap or soap and soda  
4. ISO 139, Textiles — Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing  
5. ISO 1833 -1, Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis — Part 1: General 
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  6. ISO 1833 -2, Textiles — Quantitative chemica l analysis — Part 2: Ternary fibre 
mixtures  
7. ISO 1833 -16, Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis — Part 16: Mixtures of 
polypropylene fibres with certain other fibres (method using xylene)  
8. ISO 1833 -24, Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis — Part 24:  Mixtures of 
polyester and certain other fibres (method using phenol and tetrachloroethane)  
9. ISO 1833 -25, Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis — Part 25: Mixtures of 
polyester with certain other fibres (method using trichloroacetic acid and 
chloroform)  
10. ISO 2060, Textiles — Yarn from packages — Determination of linear density 
(mass per unit length) by the Skein method  
11. ISO 2076, Textiles — Man-made fibres — Generic names  
12. ISO 3758, Textiles — Care labelling code using symbols  
13. ISO 3759, Textiles — Preparation, marking and measuring of fabric specimens 
and garments in tests for determination of dimensional change  
14. ISO 3801, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length and 
mass per unit area  
15. ISO 5077, Textiles — Determination of dim ensional change in washing and drying  
16. ISO 6330, Textiles — Domestic washing and drying procedures for textile testing  
17. ISO 6938, Textiles — Natural fibres — Generic names and definitions  
18. ISO 8388, Knitted fabrics — Types — Vocabulary  
19. ISO 8499, Knitted fabri cs — Description of defects — Vocabulary  
20. ISO 13938 -1, Textiles — Bursting properties of fabrics — Part 1: Hydraulic method 
for determination of bursting strength and bursting distension  
21. ISO 13938 -2, Textiles — Bursting properties of fabrics — Part 2: Pneum atic 
method for determination of bursting strength and bursting distension  
22. ISO 16373 -1, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 1: General principles of testing coloured 
textiles for dyestuff identification  
23. ISO 16373 -2, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 2: General method fo r the 
determination of extractable dyestuffs including allergenic and carcinogenic 
dyestuffs (method using pyridine -water)  
24. ISO 16373 -3, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 3: Method for determination of certain 
carcinogenic dyestuffs (method using triethylamine/me thanol)  
25. ISO/TR 11827, Textiles — Composition testing — Identification of fibres  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 September 2024  
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:   
Kenya Bureau of Standards  
WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya Telephone: + 
(254) 020 605490, 605506/6948258 Fax: + (254) 020 609660/609665 E -mail: 
info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs.org  
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