G/TBT/N/RWA/629  
10 March 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:  RWANDA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw   
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
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):  Recycling 
(ICS 13.030.50)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 499 -1: 
2022, Post -consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers — Specification — Part 
1: Food grade PET recyclates, preforms and containers (23 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  1.1 This Working Draft specifies requirements, sam pling and 
test methods for post -consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recyclates (flakes and 
pellets) for use in PET preforms and PET containers intended for food packaging excluding 
alcoholic beverages. 1.2 The standard also specifies requirements for  the PET preform 
and container material that characterize it as safe for direct food contact.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost 
saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ASTM E1347 -06, Standard test method for color and color -difference 
measurement by tristimulus colorimetry  
2. ASTM F1877 -16, Standard practice for characterization of particles  
3. ASTM F2013 -10, Standard Test Method for Determination of Residual 
Acetaldehyde in Polyethylene Terephthalate Bot tle Polymer Using an Automated G/TBT/N/RWA/629  
 
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  Static Head -Space Sampling Device and a Capillary GC with a Flame Ionization 
Detector  
4. ASTM D4532 -15, Standard Test Method for Respirable Dust in Workplace 
Atmospheres Using Cyclone Samplers  
5. ASTM D4754 -98, Standard Test Method  for Two -Sided Liquid Extraction of 
Plastic Materials Using FDA Migration Cell  
6. ASTM D6290, Standard test method for colour determination of plastic pellets  
7. ASTM D7486, Standard Test Method for Measurement of Fines and Dust 
Particles on Plastic Pellets by W et Analysis  
8. ISO 472, Plastics — Vocabulary  
9. ISO 1133 -2, Plastics – Determination of the melt mass -flow rate (MFV) and melt 
volume flow rate (MVF) of thermoplastics - Part 2: Methods for materials 
sensitive to time -temperature history and/or moisture  
10. ISO 1628-5, Plastics — Determination of the viscosity of polymers in dilute 
solution using capillary viscometers — Part 5: Thermoplastic polyester (TP) 
homopolymers and copolymers  
11. ISO 1628 -1, Plastics — Determination of the viscosity of polymers in dilute 
solution using capillary viscometers — Part 1: General principles  
12. RS ISO 2859 -1, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes — Part 1: 
Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot 
inspection  
13. RS ISO 9001, Quality management sys tems — Requirements  
14. ISO 12418 -2, Plastics – Post-consumer poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) 
bottle recyclates – Part 2: Preparation of test specimens and determination of 
properties  
15. ISO 12418 -1, Plastics – Post-consumer poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) 
bottle recyclates – Part 1: Designation system and basis for specifications  
16. ISO 13106, Plastics — Blow-moulded polypropylene containers for packaging of 
liquid foodstuffs  
17. ISO 14001, Environmental management systems — Requirements with 
guidance for use  
18. ISO 14782, Plastics — Determination of haze for transparent materials  
19. ISO 15270, Plastics — Guidelines for the recovery and recycling of plastics 
waste  
20. ISO 15512, Plastics — Determination of water content  
21. ISO 22000, Food safety management systems — Requirements for any 
organization in the food chain  
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  G/TBT/N/RWA/629  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
KK 15 Rd, 49  
Toll Free: 3250  
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw  
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
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