G/TBT/N/BDI/316, G/TBT/N/KEN/1365  
G/TBT/N/RWA/757, G/TBT/N/TZA/880  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1727  
4 January 2023  
(23-0020) 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:   
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 1125: 
2022 Wallets specification – Part 1 - Leather; (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African standard specifies requirements and test 
methods for leather wallets. This standard is not applicable to wallets made from other 
materials apart from leather.  
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; Cost saving and productivity enhanc ement  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 105 B02, Textiles — Colour fastness test Part B02: Xenon arc fading lamp  
2. ISO 2589, Leather — Test measurement of thickness  
3. ISO 3376, Leather — Determination of tensile strength and elongation  
4. ISO 3377 -1, Leath er — Determination of tearing load — Single tear  
5. ISO 3377 -2, Leather — Determination of tearing load — Double tear  G/TBT/N/BDI/316 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1365 • G/TBT/N/RWA/757 • G/TBT/N/TZA/880 • 
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  6. ISO 3378, Leather — Physical and mechanical tests — Determination of resistance to 
grain cracking and grain crack index  
7. ISO 3379, Leather — Determination of distension and strength of surface(Ball burst 
method)  
8. ISO 11640, Leather — Fastness to rubbing ISO 11644, Leather — Determination of 
adhesion to finish  
9. ISO 20344, Personal protective equipment — Test methods fo r footwear  
10. ISO 13934 -1, Textiles — Tensile properties of fabrics — Part 1: Determination of 
maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the strip method  
11. ISO 3801, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length and 
mass per  unit area  
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) 0 20 609660/609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs.org  
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