G/TBT/N/RWA/496  
29 July 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:  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 Stan dards Board  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
Tel: +250 788303492  
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):  Other 
paper products (ICS 85.080.99)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 866:2021, 
Paper sacks for packa ging of cement — Specification (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for valve sewn -gusseted and valve -pasted ends paper sacks 
for packaging of cement  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
ISO 186, Paper and board — Sampling to determine average quality  
ISO 187, Paper board and pulps — Standard atmosphere for conditioning and testing 
and procedure for monitoring the atmosphere and conditioning of samples  
ISO 287, Paper and board — Determination of moisture content of a lot — Oven-drying 
method  
ISO 535, Paper and board — Determination of water absorptiveness — Cobb method  
ISO 536, Paper and board — Determination of grammage  
ISO 1924 -3, Paper and board — Determination of tensile properties — Part 3: Constant 
rate of elongation method (100 mm/min)  
ISO 1974, Paper — Determination of tearing resistance — Elmendorf method  
ISO 2060, Textiles — Yarn from packages — Determination of linear de nsity (mass per G/TBT/N/RWA/496  
 
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  unit length) by the skein method  
ISO 5079, Textile fibres — Determination of breaking force and elongation at break of 
individual fibres  
ISO 5636 -3, Paper and board — Determination of air permeance (medium range) — 
Part 3: Bendtsen method  
ISO 6590 -1, Packaging — Sacks — Vocabulary and types — Part 1: Paper sacks  
ISO 7965 -1, Packaging — Sacks — Drop test — Part 1: Paper sacks  
ISO 8791 -2, Paper and board — Determination of roughness/smoothness (air leak 
methods) — Part 2: Bendtsen method  
ISO 2 1067, Packaging — Vocabulary — Part 2: Packaging and the environment terms  
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 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw  
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
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