G/TBT/N/BDI/20  
 
2 April 2019  
(19-2050) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Burundi Bureau of Standards and Quality Control (BBN)  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815/+25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbn -burundi.org   
Website: www.bbn -burundi.org   
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 [X], 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):  Footwear 
(ICS 61.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Footwear — 
Specification  for men’s shoes — Part 1: Closed shoes (18 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and methods of test for men’s closed shoes.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature  of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
• ISO 3376, Leather — Determination of tensile strength and elongation  
• ISO 2589, Leather — Physical and mechanical tests — Determination of thickness  
• ISO 3377, Leather — Determination of tearing load  
• ISO 11640,  Leather — Fastness to rubbing  
• ISO 11644,  Leather — Determination of adhesion to finish  
• ISO 4045, Leather — Determination of pH  
• ISO 11644, Leather — Determination of adhesion to finish  
• ISO 3380, Leather — Shrinkage temperature  
• ISO 20871, Footwear — Test methods for outsoles — Abrasion resistance  G/TBT/N/BDI/20  
 
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  • ISO 17072 -1, Leather — Chemical determination of metal content — Part 1: 
Extractable metals  
• ISO 17075 -1, Leather — Chemical d etermination of chromium (VI) content in 
leather — Part 1: Colorimetric method  
• ISO 17075 -2, Leather — Chemical determination of chromium (VI) content in 
leather — Part 2: Chromatographic method  
• ISO 17233, Leather — Physical and mechanical tests — Determina tion of cold 
crack temperature of surface coatings  
• ISO 20344, Personal protective equipment — Test methods for footwear  
• ISO 15702, Leather — Tests for colour fastness — Colour fastness to machine 
washing  
• ISO 16177, Footwear — Resistance to crack initiation  and growth — Belt flex 
method  
• ISO 15703, Leather — Tests for colour fastness — Colour fastness to mild washing  
• ISO 4048 Leather — Chemical tests — Determination of matter soluble in 
dichloromethane and free fatty acid content  
• ISO 4047 Leather — Determinat ion of sulphated total ash and sulphated water -
insoluble ash  
• ISO 17130Leather — Physical and mechanical tests — Determination of 
dimensional change  
• ISO 2420 Leather — Physical and mechanical tests — Determination of apparent 
density and mass per unit area  
• ISO 48 -4 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic — Determination of hardness — 
Part 4: Indentation hardness by durometer method (Shore hardness)  
• ISO 48 -3, Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic — Determination of hardness — 
Part 3: Dead -load hardness using the ve ry low rubber hardness (VLRH) scale  
• ISO 48 -2, Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic — Determination of hardness — 
Part 2: Hardness between 10 IRHD and 100 IRHD  
• ISO 868, Plastics and ebonite — Determination of indentation hardness by means 
of a durometer (Sho re hardness)  
• ISO 4684, Leather — Chemical tests — Determination of volatile matter  
• ISO 17489, Leather — Chemical tests — Determination of tan content in synthetic 
tanning agents  
• ISO 3378, Leather — Physical and mechanical tests — Determination of resistance 
to grain cracking and grain crack index  
• ISO 3379, Leather — Determination of distension and strength of surface (Ball 
burst method)  
• ISO 17694 Footwear — Test methods for uppers and lining — Flex resistance  
• ISO 17708 Footwear — Test methods for w hole shoe — Upper sole adhesion  
• ISO/TR 20572 Footwear — Performance requirements for components for 
footwear — Accessories  
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  G/TBT/N/BDI/20  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Documentation and Information Centre Division at BBN  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie  N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815 or +25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbn -burundi.org   
Website: www.bbn -burundi.org