G/TBT/2/Add.118  
25 July 2016  
(16-3941)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: French  
 
  IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT 
ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE 
COMMUNICATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF BURUNDI 
Addendum 
The following communication under Article 15.2 of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade 
(TBT) has been received from  delegation of Burundi. 
 
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1.  Burundi recalls that it has accepted the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization 
(WTO) done at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994 and the agreements and instruments contained in Annexes 1, 2 and 3, including the TBT Agreement. Th e Ministry of Trade is responsible for ensuring 
compliance with the obligations assumed under all of the WTO Agreements. 
2.  The Burundian Standardization and Quality Control Bureau (BBN), created in 1992, is under the 
supervision of the Ministry responsible for trad e, and manages and coordinates standardization 
and quality control in Burundi. 
3.  The BBN also acts as the enquiry point for the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade 
and is the Codex contact point. The BBN represents Burundi in the African Regional Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) and is a correspondent member of the International Organization for 
Standardization (ISO). It is also Burundi's coordinating body for the harmonization of standards at 
East African Community (EAC) level. The BBN's contact details are as follows: 
Address: 
Bureau Burundais de Normalisation et Contrôle de la Qualité "BBN" 
Quartier Industriel Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500 
B.P. 3535 Bujumbura - Burundi 
Tel.: +257 22 22 1577 / +257 22 22 1815 Email: info@bbn.bi  
Website: http://bbn-burundi.org  
4.  The Foreign Trade Directorate is the body re sponsible for implementing the provisions 
concerning notification procedures under the TBT Agreement. The Director of Foreign Trade is the 
national notification authority in Burundi. The Director's contact details are as follows: 
Address: 
Ministère du Commerce, de l'Industrie et du Tourisme Direction du Commerce Extérieur 
B.P. 492 Bujumbura – Burundi 
Tel.: +257 22 21 5212 Email: consibomana@yahoo.fr  G/TBT/2/Add.118 
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  5.  Legislative texts relating to TBT: 
1. Law No. 1/03 of 4 January 2011 on the national standardization, metrology, quality 
assurance and testing system; 
2. Decree No. 100/092 of 29 August 2001 on the statutes of the Burundian 
Standardization and Quality Control Bureau (BBN); 
3. Decree No. 100/99 of 30 March 2013 on the creation, role, organization and operation 
of the National Committee for the Coordination and Monitoring of Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures; 
4. Letter No. 750/1207/CM/DCE/2013 appointing the national notification authority; 
5. Law No. 1/07 of 26 April 2010 on the Commercial Code; 
6. Law No. 1/06 of 25 March 2010 on the legal regime for competition; 
7. Ministerial Order No. 770/590/CAB of 1 June 2011 amending Ministerial Order 
No. 770/989/CAB of 21 June 2010 prohibiting the logging and exportation of Pinus  and 
Callitris  products in Burundi; 
8. Draft law revising Decree Law No. 1/033 of 30 June 1993 on plant protection in 
Burundi; 
9. Draft law on pesticide management in Burundi; 
10. Decision No. 750/1103/2013 banning the importation, manufacture and marketing of 
liquor in plastic sachets and bottles; 
11. Joint Order No. 540/1618 of 19 November 2013 on quality control of products marketed 
in Burundi; 
12. Order No. 750/1582 of 6 November 2013 establishing the rules and procedures for the 
preparation of national standards; 
13. Official Journal of Burundi (B.O.B) No. 5/2015 establishing the list of products subject 
to mandatory standards in Burundi. 
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