G/TBT/N/KEN/599  
 
17 November 2017  
(17-6295) 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: 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): Drinking 
water (ICS 13.060.20).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: KS 2756:2017 
Packaged flavoured drinking water (12 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Kenya Standard specifies requirements, methods of test and 
sampling of ready - to-drink flavoured drinking water.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
WHO Guidelines for drinking water quality , 2004, Third Edition.  
Codex Alimentarius, Volum e XII, Natural mineral waters, Codex start 108 , 2001.  
Official journal of the European communities, L 229, Natural mineral waters 777 and 778.  
British Statutory Instruments, No.71, The natural mineral waters regulations, 1999.  
Pakistan Standard, PS 2102;  Bottled natural mineral waters, Second Revision 2003.  
SANS 1657:2003, South Africa National Standard for bottled natural water.  
Codex Stan 227:2001, General Standard for bottled/packaged drinking water (other than 
natural mineral water).  
Codex Stan.108 1981, Rev.1 -1997 Standard for drinking water purposes, Natural mineral 
water.  
Codex Stan.192 -1995, Rev.1 -1997 Codex General Standard for food additives.  G/TBT/N/KEN/599  
 
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  World Health Organization Guidelines for drinking water, Third edition 2004.  
British st atutory instruments No. 743 – The drinking water in containers regulations, 1994.  
European Economic Community Council Directive 80/778 relating to quality of water 
intended for human consumption, 1980.  
Kenya Standard Specification for Packaged drinking Wat er, KSEAS 153   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Cabinet 
Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives   
10. Final date for comments: 3 December 2017  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [  ] 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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