G/TBT/N/TZA/195  
 
5 July 2018  
(18-4194) 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: TANZANIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2  and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road   
Ubungo P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: info@tbs.go.tz   
Website: www.tbs.go.tz   
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 [   ], 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 langua ge(s) of the notified document: TDC2(5604)P3 
Footwear -Sportswear Specification (13 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Tanzania Standard prescribes the performance 
requirements of sports footwear for all sports in regardless of de sign and materials.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
Tanzania Government Gazette  
a) TZS 4: 2009 – Rounding off numerical values  
b) TZS 22: 2016 -woven fabrics -Determination of breaking load and extension  
c) TZS 41: 2016Textiles – Tests for colour fastness -Grey scale for assessing change in 
colour  
d) ASTM D 2240 -5 Standard Test Method for Rubber Property —Durometer Hardness  
e) TZS 21: 2016 – Determination of mass per unit length and per unit area.  
f) TZS 26 – Textiles - Determination of conductivity, pH, water -soluble matter, chlorine and 
sulphate in aqueous extracts  
g) TZS 44 –Textiles -Woven or knitted fabrics -Determination of le ngth and width  G/TBT/N/TZA/195  
 
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  h) TZS 250: Method for determination of absorbency of absorbent textile material.  
i) TZS 276: 2018 -Footwear -Method of sampling  
j) TZS 277:1985 Footwear - Determination of strength of adhesion at toe and at the heel of 
stuck -on or molded on sole. 
k) TZS 412: 1989 -Textiles – Method of test for abrasion resistance of fabrics  
l) ISO 13935 -1:2014Textiles -- Seam tensile properties of fabrics and made -up textile 
articles -- Part 1: Determination of maximum force to seam rupture using the strip 
method. 
m) TZS 198: 1984, Leather – Determination of chromium as chromic oxideextract  
n) TZS 201: 1984, Leather – Determination of shrinkage temperature  
o) TZS 205: 1984, Leather – Physical testing – Measurement of thickness  
p) TZS 208: 1984, Leather – Determ ination of tear strength  
q) TZS 212: 1984, Leather – Determination of tensile strength and elongation  
r) TZS 211: 1984, Leather – Determination of colour fastness to -and-fro – Rubbing (wet 
and dry)   
9. Proposed date of adoption: October 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister for 
Industry, Trade and Investment     
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:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz   
 
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