G/TBT/N/BDI/400, G/TBT/N/KEN/1495  
G/TBT/N/RWA/924, G/TBT/N/TZA/1028  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1835  
12 September 2023  
(23-6043) 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:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unb s.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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):  Shaving 
preparations, incl. pre -shave and aftershave products (HS code(s): 330710); Cosmetics. 
Toiletries (ICS code(s): 71.100.70); Shaving creams  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 840: 
2023, Shaving cream — Specification, Second Edition; (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African  Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for shaving creams.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. EAS 377 (all parts), Cosmetics and cosmetic products  
2. EAS 846, Glossary of terms relating to the cosmetic industry  
3. EAS 847 -7, Cosmetics — Analytical methods — Part 7: Determination of specific 
gravity  G/TBT/N/BDI/400 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1495 • G/TBT/N/RWA/924 • G/TBT/N/TZA/1028 • 
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  4. EAS 847 -16, Cosmetics — Analytical methods — Part 16: Determination of lead, 
mercury and arsenic  
5. EAS 847-17, Cosmetics — Analytical methods — Part 17: Determination of pH  
6. EAS 847 -18, Cosmetics — Analytical methods — Part 18: Determination of 
thermal stability  
7. EAS 847 -20, Cosmetics — Analytical methods — Part 20: Determination of lather 
volume (foaming power)  
8. EAS 847 -27, Cosmetics — Analytical methods — Part 27: Determination of total 
fatty substance by gravimetric method  
9. EAS 847 -28, Cosmetics — Analytical methods Part 28: Determination of free 
caustic alkali  
10. ISO 18416, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Candida albicans  
11. ISO 21150, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Escherichia coli  
12. ISO 22717, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
13. ISO 22718, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Staphylococcus aureus  
14. ISO 24153 , Random sampling and randomisation procedures  
15. EAS 840: 2017, Shaving cream — Specification  
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  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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