G/TBT/N/TZA/585  
26 April 2021  
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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:  TANZANIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania 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:   
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):  Furniture 
(ICS 97.140)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  MEDC 02 (397) 
DTZS Steel filing cabinets for general office purposes — Specification (10 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This standard lays down requirements for materials, sizes, 
construction, finish and tests of steel filing cabinets for general office purposes  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, lab elling; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• ISO 636, Welding consumables — Rods, wires and deposits for tungsten inert gas 
welding of nonalloy and fine -grain steels — Classification  
• ISO 2560, Welding consumables — Covered electrodes for manual metal arc 
welding of non -alloy and fine grain steels — Classification  
• ISO 5184, Straight resistance spot welding electrodes  
• ISO 4960, Steel strip, cold -reduced with a mass fraction of carbon over 0,25%  
• ISO 6932, Cold -reduced carbon steel strip with a maximum carbon content of 
0,25%  
• ISO 3574, Cold -reduced carbon steel sheet of commercial and drawing qualities  
• ISO 5954, Cold -reduced carbon steel sheet according to hardness requirements  
• ISO 1482, Slotted countersunk (flat) head tapping screws  
• ISO 2009, Slotted countersunk flat head screws — Product grade A  
• ISO 1518 -1, Paints and varnishes — Determination of scratch resistance — 
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  • ISO 1518 -2, Paints and varnishes — Determination of scratch resistance — 
Part 2: Variable -loading method  
• ISO 15184, Paints and varnishes — Determination of film hardness by pencil test  
• ISO 17132, Paints and varnishes — T-bend test  
• ISO 9227, Corrosion tests in artificial atmospheres — Salt spray tests  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 2021 
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
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:   
Contact person(s):  
Ms. Bahati Samillani (NEP officer) and Mr. Clavery Chausi  
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
Morogoro/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O Box 9524  
Dar Es Salaam  
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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