G/TBT/N/RWA/631  
10 March 2022  
(22-2169) 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:  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):  Clothes 
(ICS 61.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 500 -2: 
2022, Textiles — Garments — Specification — Part 2: Shirts (38 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Working Draft specifies requirements, sampling and test 
methods for shirts made from woven fabrics made of cotton, man -made fib re s/filaments 
and their blends.  
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; Qualit y requirements; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. RS 313, Seams, stitches and stitching — Nomenclature and classification  
2. RS ISO 139, Textiles — Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing  
3. RS ISO 3801, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit 
length and mass per unit area  
4. RS ISO 9073 -1, Textiles — Test methods for nonwovens — Part 1: 
Determination of mass per unit area  
5. RS ISO 12945 -1, Textiles — Determination of fabric propensity to surface 
fuzzing and to pilling — Part 1: Pilling box method  G/TBT/N/RWA/631  
 
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  6. ISO 12947 -1, Textiles — Determination of the abrasion resistance of fabrics by 
the Martindale method — Part 1: Martindale abrasion testing apparatus  
7. RS ISO 13934 -1, Textiles — Tensile properties of fabrics — Part 1: 
Determination of maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the 
strip method  
8. RS ISO 13937 -1, Fabrics by falling pendulum (Elmendorf) apparatus — Methods 
for Determination of tear resistance of woven  
9. ISO 13938 -2, Textiles — Bursting properties of fabrics — Part 2: Pneumatic 
method for determination of bursting strength and bursting distension  
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:   
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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