G/TBT/N/MWI/19  
 
12 February 2019  
(19-0782) 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: MALAWI   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Malawi 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 [ X], 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): Packaged, 
dry, combined materials for mortar and concrete; Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed 
stone, of a kind com monly used for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway 
or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether or not heat -treated; macadam of slag, dross 
or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in the first 
part o f the heading; tarred macadam; granules, chippings and powder, of stones of 
heading 25.15 or 25.16, whether or not heat -treated. (HS 2517). Concrete structures 
(ICS 91.080.40).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DMS 1430:2 018 
Packaged, dry, combined materials for mortar and concrete - Specification (7 page(s), in 
English)    
6. Description of content: This specification covers the production, properties, packaging, 
and testing of packaged, dry, combined materials for concre te and mortars  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Quality 
requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. C 33 Specification for Concrete Aggregates (MS 842, Aggregates from natural 
sources - Aggregates for  concrete)  
2. C 39/C 39M Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete 
Specimens  
3. C 91 Specification for Masonry Cement (MS 414, Masonry cement (W ithout air 
entrainment agents)  
4. C 109/C 109M Test Method for Compressive Strength of Hydraulic Cement 
Mortars (Using 2 in. or [50 mm]  Cube Specimens)  
5. C 138/C 138M Test Method for Density (Unit Weight), Yield, and Air Content 
(Gravimetric) of Concrete  
6. C 143/ C 143M Test Method for Slump of Hydraulic - Cement Concrete  
7. C 144 Specification for Aggregate for Masonry Mortar  G/TBT/N/MWI/19  
 
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  8. C 150 Specification for Portland Cement (MS 29, Cement - Specification)  
9. C 173/C 173M Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the 
Volumetric Method  
10. C 185 Test Method for Air Content of Hydraulic Cement Mortar  
11. C 192/C 192M Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the 
Laboratory  
12. C 207 Specification for Hydrated Lime for Masonry Purposes (MS 85 -1, Limes for 
use in b uilding - Specification - Part 1: Hydrated lime.)  
13. C 231 Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Pressure 
Method  
14. C 260 Specification for Air -Entraining Admixtures for Concrete  
15. C 270 Specification for Mortar for Unit Masonry  
16. C 305 Practi ce for Mechanical Mixing of Hydraulic Cement Pastes and Mortars of 
Plastic Consistency  
17. C 330 Specification for Lightweight Aggregates for Structural Concrete  
18. C 494/C 494M Specification for Chemical Admixtures for Concrete  
19. C 595 Specification for Blended Hy draulic Cements  
20. C 618 Specification for Coal Fly Ash and Raw or Calcined Natural Pozzolan for Use 
in Concrete  
21. C 702 Practice for Reducing Samples of Aggregate to Testing Size  
22. C 989 Specification for Ground Granulated Blast -Furnace Slag for Use in Concrete 
and Mortars  
23. C 1157 Performance Specification for Hydraulic Cement  
24. C 1240 Specification for Silica Fume Used in Cementitious Mixtures  
25. C 1329 Specification for Mortar Cement  
26. C 1437 Test Method for Flow of Hydraulic Cement Mortar  
27. C 1438 Specification for Late x and Powder Polymer Modifiers for Hydraulic Cement 
Concrete and Mortar  
28. C 1506 Test Method for Water Retention of Hydraulic Cement -Based Mortars and 
Plasters  
29. E 96/E 96M Test Methods for Water Vapour Transmission of Materials  
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:   
The Director General  
Malawi Bureau of Standards  
P O Box 946  
BLANTYRE  
Tel: +265 1 870 488  
Fax: +265 1 870 756  
E-mail: mbs@mbsmw.org  
Website: www.mbsmw.org   
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