G/TBT/N/RWA/388  
20 November 2020  
(20-8351) 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):  Fertilizers 
(ICS 65.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 192: 2020 
Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) and d iammonium phosphate (DAP) — Specification 
(11 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for monoammonium phosphate (MAP) and diammonium 
phosphate (DAP) fertilizers.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
animal or plant life or health; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 2006.03, Arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, lead, molybdenum, nickel, 
and selenium in fertilizers — Microwave digestion and inductively coupled plasma -
optical emission spectrometry  
• EN 12048, Solid Fertilizers and Liming Materials  - Determination of Moisture 
Content - Gravimetric Method by Drying at 105 Plus or Minus 2 Degrees C  
• EN 14888, Fertilizers and liming materials — Determination of cadmium content  
• ISO 5315, Fertilizers — Determination of total nitrogen content — Titrimetric  
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  • ISO 5316, Fertilizers — Extraction of water -soluble phosphates  
• ISO 6598, Fertilizers — Determination of phosphorus content — Quinoline 
phosphomolybdate gravimetric method  
• ISO 8157, Fertilizers and soil conditioners — Vocabulary  
• ISO 8633, Solid fertilizers — Simple sampling method for small lots  
• ISO 8634, Solid fertilizers — Sampling plan for the evaluation of a large delivery  
• ISO 17318, Fertilizers and soil conditioners — Determination of arsenic, cadmium, 
chromium, lead and mercury contents  
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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