G/TBT/N/RWA/229  
 
13 March 2019  
(19-1523) 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 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):  Textile 
fabrics (ICS 59.080.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Textiles — 
Fabrics for household curtains and dr apery — Specification (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft East African Standard specifies performance 
requirements of fabrics for curtains and drapery. It covers all knit, lace, stitch -bonded, 
foam back and woven fabrics to be u sed in the manufacture of curtains and drapery. It is 
applicable to all fabrics except those made of glass. Except where otherwise indicated, 
these requirements also apply to fabrics for window blinds  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of ur gent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• EAS 237, Methods for the determination of colourfastness of textile materials to 
washing  
• EAS 239 -1, Method for determination of colour fastness of textile materials to 
rubbing — Part 1: Dry and wet method  
• EAS 243, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Colour fastness to light: Daylight  
• ISO 105 -B01, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Colour fastness to light: 
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  • ISO 105 -B02, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Colour fastness to artificial 
light: Xenon arc fading lamp test  
• ISO 105 -C06, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Colour fastness to domestic 
and commercial laundering  
• ISO 105 -D01, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Colour fas tness to dry 
cleaning  
• ISO 105 -X12, Textiles —Tests for colour fastness — Colour fastness to rubbing  
• ISO 3071, Textiles — Determination of pH of the aqueous extract  
• ISO 3175 (all parts), Textiles — Professional care, dry cleaning and wet cleaning 
of fabrics  and garments  
• ISO 3758, Textiles — Care labelling code using symbols  
• ISO 3801, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length and 
mass per unit area  
• ISO 6330, Textiles — Domestic washing and drying procedure for textile testing  
• ISO 6941, Textile fabrics — Burning behaviour — Measurement of flame spread 
properties of vertically oriented specimens  
• ISO 9073 -1, Textiles — Test methods for nonwovens — Part 1: Determination of 
mass per unit area  
• ISO 9073 -5, Textiles — Test methods for nonwovens — Part 5: Determination of 
resistance to mechanical penetration (Ball burst procedure)  
• ISO 9073 -18, Textiles — Test methods for nonwovens — Part 18: Determination 
of breaking strength and elongation of nonwoven materials using the grab tensile 
test 
• ISO 105 28, Textiles – Commercial laundering procedure for textile fabrics prior 
to flammability testing  
• ISO 12138, Textiles – Domestic laundering procedures for textile fabrics prior to 
flammability testing  
• ISO 13015, Woven fabrics — Widthway distortion — Determi nation of the skew 
percentage  
• ISO 13934 -1, Textiles — Tensile properties of fabrics — Part 1: Determination of 
maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the strip method  
• ISO 13937 -4, Textiles — Tear properties of fabrics — Part 4: Determination o f 
tear force of tongue -shaped test specimens (Double tear test)  
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  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.go v.rw   
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw   
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