G/TBT/N/RWA/159  
 
23 July 2018  
(18-4617) 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)  
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:   
Rwanda Standards Board  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
Tel: +250 252 586 103/582945  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw   
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw   
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): Pesticides 
and other agroc hemicals (ICS 65.100).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DRS 392 -3: 2018 
Skin applied mosquito repellents - Specification - Part 3: Wipes (23 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Preliminary Draft standard prescribes the requirements, 
sampling and methods of test for skin applied mosquito repellents formulated and 
prepared as wipes and meant to be applied directly to the skin.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment; Quality 
requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• RS 191, Refined pyrethrum concentrate ― Specification  
• CIPAC 740, Determination of picaridin  
• CIPAC 667, Determination of ethyl butylacetamidopropionate  
• RS ISO 1833 -1, Textiles - Quantitative chemical analysis - Part 1: General 
principles of testing  
• RS ISO 139, Textiles - Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing  
• ISO 9073 -1, Test methods for nonwovens -Part1: Determination of mass per unit 
area 
• ISO 9073 -18, Test methods for nonwovens - Part 18: Determination of breaking 
strength and elongation of nonwoven materials using the grab tensile test.  
• RS ISO 3071, Textile materials; Method for determination of pH value of aqueous 
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  • ISO 20743, Textiles - Determination of antibacterial activity of textile products  
• ISO 21149, Cosmetics - Microbiology - Enumeration and detection of aerobic 
mesophilic bacteria  
• RS ISO 22717, Cosmetics - Microbiology - Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
• RS ISO 22718, Cosmetics - Microbiology - Detection of Staphylococcus aureus  
• RS ISO 18416, Cosmetics - Microbiology - Detection of Candida albicans  
• RS ISO 21150, Cosmetics - Microbiol ogy - Detection of Escherichia coli  
• RS EAS 96, Sanitary towels - Specification  
• DRS 394 -1, Mosquito repellents ― Performance Test Guidelines ― Part 1: Skin 
applied repellents  
• ©RSB 2018 - All rights reserved 2  
• RS ISO 2859 -1, Sampling procedures for inspection  by attributes - Part 1: 
Sampling plans indexed by Quality Level (AQL) for Lot -By-Lot Inspection   
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: +250 252 586 103/582945  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw  
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw   
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
 
http://www.rsb.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/files/pdf/new_stds/Public_Review_July_18/
DRS_392 -3_2018_Skin_applied_..._Part_3_Wipes.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/RWA/18_3876_00_e.pdf