G/TBT/N/KEN/1148  
7 October 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:  KENYA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Kenya 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:   
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya  
Telephone: + (254) 020 605490, 605506/ 6948258  
Fax: + (254) 020 609660/ 609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs.org  
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):  Concrete 
and concrete products (ICS 91.100.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  PKS 829:2021 
Specification for precast concrete channels, edgings and quadrants (18 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This K enya Standard specifies the requirements for the 
following precast concrete products:  
1.      Channels;  
2.      Edgings;  
3.      Quadrants.  
These precast concrete products, referred to as a product or products in this standard, 
are intended for use in the construction of carriageways and footways laid in accordance 
with KS 1537  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
KS EAS 18 -1, Cement Part 1: Composition, specifications and conformity criteria for 
common cements  
KS 987 -1 Modular coordination - Vocabulary applicable to modular coordination.  
KS 95 Specification for natural aggregates for use in concrete.  G/TBT/N/KEN/1148  
 
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  KS 2846 Mixing water for concrete Specific ation for sampling, testing and assessing the 
suitability of water, including water recovered from processes in the concrete industry, as 
mixing water for concrete.  
KS 1537 Code of practice for laying of precast concrete flags, kerbs, channels, edgings 
and quadrants.  
KS 2770 -1 Admixtures for concrete, mortar and Grout -Part 1: Common requirements.  
KS 2770 -2 Admixtures for concrete, mortar and Grout -Requirements Part 2: Concrete 
admixtures.  
KS 2770 -3 Admixtures for concrete, mortar and Grout -Requirements -Part 3: Admixtures 
for masonry mortar  
KS 2770 -4: Admixtures for concrete, mortar and Grout -Requirements -Part 4: Admixtures 
for grout for pre -stressing tendons  
KS 2770 -5  Admixtures for concrete, mortar and grout. Admixtures for sprayed concrete. 
Definitions,  requirements, conformity, marking and labelling  
EN 12878 Pigments for the colouring of building materials based on cement and/or lime. 
Specifications and methods of test  
BS 4372 Specification for engineers' steel measuring rules  
BS 4484 -1 Specification f or measuring instruments for constructional works. Metric 
graduation and figuring of instruments for linear measurement  
BS 957 Specification for feeler gauges  
KS ISO 7500 -2:2006 Metallic Materials -Calibration and verification of static uniaxial 
testing Machines -Part 2: Tension creep testing Machines -Verification of the applied force.  
BS 2648 Performance requirements for electrically -heated laboratory drying ovens  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the relevant 
Cabinet Secretary  
10. Final date for comments:  7 December 2021  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Kenya Bureau of Standards,  
WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point  
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya.  
Telephone: + (254) 020 605490, 605506/ 6948258. Fax: + (254) 020 609660/ 
609665,  
E-mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs.org  
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