G/TBT/N/BDI/258 , G/TBT/N/KEN/1287  
G/TBT/N/RWA/693 , G/TBT/N/TZA/812  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1663  
23 September 2022  
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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, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw  
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
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 code(s): 13.060.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 13: 2022, 
Packaged mineral water — Specification  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for packaged mineral water for human consumption  
This Standard applies to natural mineral water, mineral water, natural spring water, 
spring water and carbonated mineral water.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptiv e practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ASTM D 3871 -84, Standard t est methods for purgeable organic compounds in 
water using headspace sampling  
2. ASTM D 5907 -13, Standard test methods for filterable matter (total dissolved 
solids) and non -filterable matter (total suspended solids) in water  
3. EAS 38, Labelling of prepackaged foods — Specification  G/TBT/N/BDI/258, G/TBT/N/KEN/1287, G/TBT/N/RWA/693, G/TBT/N/TZA/812, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1663  
 
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  4. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar m edium  
5. ISO 10304 -1, Water quality — Determination of dissolved anions by liquid 
chromatography of ions — Determination of bromide, chloride, fluoride, nitrite, 
nitrate, phosphate and sulphate  
6. ISO 10359, Water quality — Determination of fluoride  
7. ISO 10523, W ater quality — Determination of pH  
8. ISO 10530, Water quality — Determination of dissolved sulfide — Photometric 
method using methylene blue  
9. ISO 10566, Water quality — Determination of aluminium — Spectrometric method 
using pyrocatechol violet  
10. ISO 11423, Wat er quality — Determination of benzene and some derivatives  
11. ISO 11732, Water quality -- Determination of ammonium nitrogen — Method by 
flow analysis (CFA and FIA) and spectrometric detection  
12. ISO 11885, Water quality — Determination of selected elements by inductively 
coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP -OES) 
13. ISO 11969, Water quality — Determination of arsenic — Atomic absorption 
spectrometric method (hydride technique)  
14. ISO 12020, Water quality — Determination of aluminium — Atomic a bsorption 
spectrometric method  
15. ISO 12846, Water quality — Determination of mercury — Method using atomic 
absorption spectrometry (AAS) with and without enrichment  
16. ISO 15089, Water quality — Guidelines for selective immunoassays for the 
determination of pla nt treatment and pesticide agents  
17. ISO 16265, Water quality — Determination of the methylene blue active 
substances (MBAS) index — Method using continuous flow analysis (CFA)  
18. ISO 16266, Water quality -- Detection and enumeration of Pseudomonas 
aeruginosa ━ Method by membrane filtration  
19. ISO 21567, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Shigella spp  
20. ISO 24153, Random sampling and randomization procedures  
21. ISO 28540, Water quality — Determination of 16 polycyclic aromatic 
hydrocarbons (PAH) in water -- Method using gas chromatography with mass 
spectrometric detection (GC -MS) 
22. ISO 28540, Water quality — Determination of 16 polycyclic aromatic 
hydrocarbons (PAH) in water — Method using gas chromatography with mass 
spectrometric detection (GC -MS) 
23. ISO 5961, Water quality — Determination of cadmium by atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
24. ISO 6059, Water quality -- Determination of the sum of calcium and magnesium 
-— EDTA titrimetric method  
25. ISO 6222, Water quality ― Enumeration o f culturable microorganisms ━ Colony 
count by inoculation in nutrient agar culture media ISO 6332, Water quality — 
Determination of iron — Spectrometric method using 1,10 -phenanthroline  
26. ISO 6333, Water quality -- Determination of manganese — Formaldoxime 
spectrometric method  G/TBT/N/BDI/258, G/TBT/N/KEN/1287, G/TBT/N/RWA/693, G/TBT/N/TZA/812, 
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  27. ISO 6461 -1, Water quality ― Detection and enumeration of the spores of sulphite 
reducing anaerobes (clostridia) — Part 1: Method by enrichment in a liquid 
medium  
28. ISO 6461 -2, Water quality ― Detection ad enumeration of the spores of sulp hite-
reducing anaerobes (clostridia) — Part 2: Method by membrane filtration  
29. ISO 6703, Water quality — Determination of cyanide  
30. ISO 6777, Water quality -- Determination of nitrite — Molecular absorption 
spectrometric method  
31. ISO 6340, Water quality ━ Detection and enumeration of Salmonella  
32. ISO 7027, Water quality — Determination of turbidity  
33. ISO 7393, Water quality — Determination of free chlorine and total chlorine  
34. ISO 7875, Water quality — Determination of surfactants  
35. ISO 78 87, Water quality — Determination of colour  
36. ISO 7888, Water quality — Determination of electrical conductivity  
37. ISO 7890, Water quality -- Determination of nitrate — Part 3: Spectrometric 
method using sulfosalicylic acid  
38. ISO 7899 -2, Water quality ― Detectio n and enumeration of intestinal enterococci 
— Part 2: Membrane filtration method  
39. ISO 7980, Water quality — Determination of calcium and magnesium — Atomic 
absorption spectrometric method  
40. ISO 8165, Water quality -- Determination of selected monovalent pheno ls 
41. ISO 8245, Water quality -- Guidelines for the determination of total organic 
carbon (TOC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC)  
42. ISO 8288, Water quality — Determination of cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, cadmium 
and lead — Flame atomic absorption spectrometri c methods  
43. ISO 9174, Water quality -- Determination of chromium -- Atomic absorption 
spectrometric methods  
44. ISO 9297, Water quality -- Determination of chloride — Silver nitrate titration 
with chromate indicator (Mohr's method)  
45. ISO 9308 -1, Water quality — Detection and enumeration of Escherichia coli and 
coliform bacteria — Part 1: Membrane filtration method for waters with low 
bacterial background flora  
46. ISO 9308 -2, Water quality — Detection and enumeration of Escherichia coli and 
coliform bacteria — Part 2: Most probable number method  
47. ISO 9696, Water quality — Measurement of gross alpha activity in non -saline 
water — Thick source method  
48. ISO 9697, Water quality — Measurement of gross beta activity in non -saline water 
— Thick source method  
49. ISO 9964 (all parts),  Water quality — Determination of sodium and potassium  
50. ISO 9965, Water quality — Determination of selenium — Atomic absorption 
spectrometric method (hydride technique)  
51. ISO 10301, Water quality — Determination of highly volatile halogenated 
hydrocarbons — Gas chromatographic methods  
52. ISO 11731, Water quality – Enumeration of Legionella  
53. ISO 15553 Water quality — Isolation and identification of Cryptosporidium 
oocysts and Giardia cysts from water  G/TBT/N/BDI/258, G/TBT/N/KEN/1287, G/TBT/N/RWA/693, G/TBT/N/TZA/812, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1663  
 
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  54. ISO 18073, Water quality — Determination of tetra - to octa-chlorinated dioxins 
and furans — Method using isotope dilution HRGC/HRMS  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  Not Applicable; 60 days after circulation of the 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:   
Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
Toll Free: 3250  
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw  
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
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