. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/2/Add.86 
28 April 2005 
 
 (05-1741) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT 
ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE  
 
Communication from the Republic of Kenya
 
 
Addendum  
   The following communication, dated 22 April 2005, has been received from the delegation of 
the Republic of Kenya
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 1. In accordance with Article 15.2 of the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) 
and considering the decision of the TBT Committee of 14 July 1995 concerning the Statement on 
Implementation and Administration as contained in  document G/TBT/1/Rev.5 of 11 December 1997, 
the Government of the Republic of Kenya, accepted the agreements establishing WTO, TBT 
Agreement and the associated Legal Instrument included in Annexes 1, 2 and 3.  2. The Ministry of Trade and Industry is responsible for implementation of the WTO 
agreements, and has the overall responsibility of en suring that the obligations under the agreements 
are fulfilled.  According to the requirements of th e Agreement the Government of the Republic of 
Kenya, through the Ministry of Trade and Indus try, has designated Kenya Bureau of Standards 
(KEBS) as the notification authority and nati onal enquiry point for WTO-TBT Notifications. 
 3. The principal responsibilities of the National Enquiry Point and Notification Authority for 
Kenya include:  responding to technical enquiries from other WTO members regarding Kenyan 
domestic regulations, standa rds and Conformity Assessment Proce dures in force;  and fulfilment of 
the notifications obligations under th e TBT Agreement (Article 2.9.2). 
 4. The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) is a statutory body of the Government, established 
by the Standards Act CAP 496 of the Laws of Kenya,  and is mandated to provide for the preparation 
and promotion of standards in relation to goods, services, processes and practices.  The implementation and administration of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade is therefore supported by the Standards Act CAP 496 Laws of Ke nya, and is the responsibility of the Kenya 
Bureau of Standards (KEBS). 
 
5. Notices concerning standards and technical regul ations developed, issued or adopted by the 
Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) are published in  the Kenya Gazette and Legal Notices (subsidiary 
legislation) respectively.  6. The aims and objectives of KEBS include pr eparation of standards (by consensus with 
industry) relating to products, measurements, materials, processes, etc. and their promotion at 
national, regional and internationa l levels;  certification of industrial products;  assistance in the G/TBT/2/Add.86 
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 production of quality goods;  improvement of me asurement accuracies and dissemination of 
information relating to standards.  7 Code of Good Practice: KEBS has accepted the Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, 
Adoption and Application of Standa rds (Annex 3 to the Agreement). 
 
 Notices of all proposed draft standards are published in the KEBS Standards Work Programme Bulletin. Interested persons are give n a period of 60 (sixty) days to make written 
comments on Kenya’s Notification under Articles 2.9.4 and 5.6.4 of the Agreement.  
8. Local Authorities are not responsible for preparing or adopting technical regulations, 
standards or conformity assessment procedures.  9. The Government Chemist and the Directorate of  Public Health, have statutory responsibility 
for the quality of goods and services which are the subject of trade under the Food, Drugs and 
Chemical Substances Act, CAP 254:1992 and Pu blic Health Act, CAP 242:1986 respectively. 
 10. The Republic of Kenya's enquiry point is set out below.  All enquiries concerning the Kenyan implementation of the Agreement should be addressed to:   WTO-TBT National Enquiry Point for Kenya 
 Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) 
 KEBS Centre, Kapiti Road, off Mombasa Road,  Behind Bellevue Cinema  P.O. Box 54974 – 00200  Nairobi 
 Kenya 
 Tel:  +254 20 605490, 6902350/1, 69028258, 69028000  Fax:  +254 20 609660 /604031  E-mail:  kebs_tbt@kebs.org   Contact Person:  Evah Oduor (Mrs), Gene ral Manager – Standards Development Division 
 
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