G/SPS/N/BDI/72, G/SPS/N/KEN/239  
G/SPS/N/RWA/65, G/SPS/N/TZA/307  
G/SPS/N/UGA/291  
12 December 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Animal or vegetable fertilisers, whether or not mixed together or 
chemically treated; Fertilisers produced by the mixing or chemical trea tment of animal or 
vegetable products (HS code(s): 3101); Fertilizers (ICS code(s): 65.080)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DEAS 1176:2023, Biofertilizers - Specifications, First 
Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  50 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/TZA/23_14286_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This draft East African standard spe cifies requirements, methods 
of sampling and test for biofertilizers.  
This draft standard covers the following types of biofertilizers: Rhizobia, Phosphate 
solubilizing microorganism, Azospirillum and Azotobacter.  
Note: This Draft African Standard was also  notified under TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant interna tional standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/BDI/72 • G/SPS/N/KEN/239 • G/SPS/N/RWA/65 • G/SPS/N/TZA/307 • 
G/SPS/N/UGA/291  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. ISO 8157, Fertilizers, Soil Conditioners and beneficial substances - Vocabulary  
2. AOAC 2006.03, Arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, mead, molybdenum, nickel, and 
selenium in fertilizers - Microwave digestion and inductively coupled plasma -optical 
emission spectrometry  
3. AOAC 965.08, Water (free) in fertilizers - Vacuum -desiccation  
4. ISO 8397, Solid fertilizers and soil conditione rs - Test sieving  
5. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coliforms - Colony -count technique  
6. ISO 10390, Soil, treated biowaste and sludge - Determination of pH  
7. ISO 11465, Soil quality - Determinat ion of dry matter and water content on a mass 
basis - Gravimetric method  
8. ISO 5315, Fertilizers - Determination of total nitrogen content - Titrimetric method 
after distillation  
9. ISO 15958, Fertilizers - Extraction of water soluble phosphorus  
10. ISO 14820 -1, Fe rtilizers and liming materials - Sampling and sample preparation - 
Part 1: Sampling  
11. ISO 14820 -2, Fertilizers and liming materials - Sampling and sample preparation - 
Part 2: Sample preparation  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined and notified.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure    
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 10 February 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298  
 +(255 22) 245 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298  
 +(255 22) 245 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz