G/TBT/N/TZA/294  
 
4 June 2019  
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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  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: 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 [   ], 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):  Petroleum 
products and natural gas handling equipment (ICS 75.200)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 979: 2019 
Road tankers for petroleum -based flammable liquids —Specification (38 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  1.1 This Draft East Africa Standard specifies  the requirements 
and methods of test for tank vehicles intended for use on public roads, for transportation, 
at temperatures below their boiling point, of normally stable petroleum -based flammable 
liquids.  
1.2 This standard does not cover tankers for Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), unstable 
products and all other flammable liquids other than hydrocarbons.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• ASTM A36/A36M -08, Standard Specification for Carbon Structural Steel  
• ASTM A285/A285M -03, Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, 
Carbon Steel, Low - and Intermediate -Tensile Strength  
• ASTM A234/A234M -07, Standard Specification for Piping Fittings of Wrought 
Carbon Steel and Alloy Steel for Moderate and High Temperature Service  G/TBT/N/TZA/294  
 
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  • ASTM A194/A194M -09, Standard Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts 
for Bolts for High Pressure or High Tempe rature Service, or Both  
• ASTM A193/A193M -09, Standard Specification for Alloy -Steel and Stainless 
Steel Bolting Materials for High Temperature or High Pressure Service and Other 
Special Purpose Applications  
• ASTM A105/A105M -05, Standard Specification for Car bon Steel Forgings for 
Piping Applications  
• BS EN 1503 Valves. Materials for bodies, bonnets and covers  
• BS 1560 -3.2, Circular flanges for pipes, valves and fittings (Class designated). 
Steel, cast iron and copper alloy flanges. Specification for cast iron flanges  
• ANSI/API Spec 5L, Specification for line pipe  
• ANSI/ASME B16.20, Metallic gaskets for pipe flanges: Ring -Joint, spiral -wound, 
and jacketed  
• ANSI/ASME B16.5, Pipe flanges and flanged fittings: NPS 1/2 through NPS 24 
Metric/Inch Standard  
• ANSI/ASME B16. 9, Factory -made wrought butt welding fittings  
• ANSI/ASME B16.21, Nonmetallic Flat Gaskets for Pipe Flanges  
• AISI Steel products manual — Stainless and heat -resisting steel.  
• ASTM B209, Standard specification for aluminium alloy, sheet and plate.  
• BS EN 485, BS  EN 515, Specification for wrought aluminium and aluminium 
alloys for general engineering purposes: plate, sheet and strip  
• ISO 3874 , Freight containers — Handling and security  
• BS EN 12020, BS EN 573, Specification for wrought aluminium and aluminium 
alloys for general"engineering purposes: bars, extruded round tubes and 
sections.  
• BS EN 1559, BS EN 1676, Specification for aluminium and aluminium alloy 
ingots and castings for general engineering purposes  
• BS PD 5500, Specification for unfired fusion welded pr essure vessels  
• ISO 3874, Series 1 freight containers — Handling and securing.  
• ISO 3795, Road vehicles and tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry 
— Determination of burning behavior of interior materials.  
• IEC 60529, Degree of protection provide d by enclosures (IP code)  
• IEC 60079, Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres — General 
requirements  
• EAS 357, Truck and bus tyres — Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  November 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister 
for Industry, Trade and Investment     
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/TZA/294  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website  addresses, if available , of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz   
Website: www.tbs.go.tz   
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