G/TBT/N/BDI/265 , G/TBT/N/KEN/1294  
G/TBT/N/RWA/700 , G/TBT/N/TZA/819  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1670  
28 September 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:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  
Tel: +255 222450206,  
E- mail: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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 [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):  - Soap 
and organic surface -active products and preparations,  in the form of bars, cakes, moulded 
pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or 
covered with soap or detergent : (HS code(s): 34011); Surface active agents (ICS 
code(s): 71.100.40)  
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 127 -2: 
2022, Synthetic detergent powder — Specification — Part 2: Machine wash, Second 
Edition; (22 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for synthetic detergents powder for machine wash. It does 
not cover hand wash powders and industrial detergent powders.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements; Harmonization; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
EAS 814, Determination of biodegradability of surfactants — Test method  
ISO 672, Soaps — Determination of moisture and vol atile matter content — Oven method  
ISO 673, Soaps — Determination of content of ethanol -insoluble matter  
ISO 862, Surface active agents — Vocabulary  G/TBT/N/BDI/265, G/TBT/N/KEN/1294, G/TBT/N/RWA/700, G/TBT/N/TZA/819, 
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  ISO 2870, Surface active agents — Detergents — Determination of anionic -active matter 
hydrolysable and nonhydrolysable under acid conditions  
ISO 2871 -1, Surface active agents — Detergents — Determination of cationic -active 
matter content — Part 1: High -molecular -mass cationic -active matter  
ISO 2871 -2, Surface active agents — Detergents — Determination of cationic -active 
matter content — Part 2: Cationic -active matter of low molecular mass (between 200 and 
500) ISO 4313, Washing powders — Determination of to tal phosphorous (v) oxide content 
— Quinoline phosphomolybdate gravimetric method  
ISO 4316, Surface active agents — Determination of pH of aqueous solution — 
Potentiometric method  
ISO 4317, Surface -active agents and detergents — Determination of water cont ent — 
Karl Fischer methods  
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:   
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 95 24 
Dar Es Salaam  
Tel: +(255) 22 2450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/TZA/22_6593_00_e.pdf