G/TBT/N/BDI/296 , G/TBT/N/KEN/1331  
G/TBT/N/RWA/73 8, G/TBT/N/TZA/856  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1705  
24 November 2022  
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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:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
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:   
Kenya Bureau of Standards  
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 [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):  Footwear 
(ICS code(s): 61.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1112: 
2022 Bathroom Slippers — Specification; (23 page(s), in English)  
6. Descrip tion of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for bathroom slippers with sole made of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate 
(EVA) and other combinations of which EVA is the most dominant.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  
8. Relevan t documents:   
1. ISO 48 -2, Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic — Determination of hardness — 
Part 2: Hardness between 10 IRHD and 100 IRHD  
2. ISO 2420, Leather — Physical and mechanical tests — Determination of apparent 
density and mass per unit area  
3. ISO 2589, Leather — Physical and mechanical tests — Determination of thickness  
4. ISO 3376, Leather — Determination of tensile strength and elongation  G/TBT/N/BDI/296, G/TBT/N/KEN/1331, G/TBT/N/RWA/738, G/TBT/N/TZA/856, 
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  5. ISO 3377 -1, Leather — Determination of tearing load ISO 16177, Footwear — 
Resistance to crack initiation and gro wth — Belt flex method  
6. ISO 17706, Footwear — Test methods for uppers —Tensile strength and 
elongation  
7. ISO 20871, Footwear — Test methods for outsoles — Abrasion resistance  
8. ISO 19952, Bathroom slippers — Vocabulary,bathroom slippers  
9. ISO 13287, Personal prot ective equipment — Footwear — Test method for slip 
resistance  
10. ISO 20344, Personal protective equipment — Test methods for footwear  
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:   
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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