. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/KEN/258 
16 December 2010  
 (10-6763) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  KENYA
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail 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 [   ], 2.10.1 [X], 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):  HS 85393;  ICS 29.140.30 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  KS 2262:2010;  
Fluorescent lamps and other lamps containing  mercury — Specifications and disposal 
requirements (37 pages; in English). 
6. Description of content:  Establishes the performance, safe ty, environmental and health 
requirements for compact fluores cent lamps (CFLs), tubular fl uorescent lamps (TFLs) and 
certain other lamps containing mercury used for general lighting purposes, household room 
illumination, industrial purposes or other speciali zed purposes.  The standard also establishes 
the current permissible levels of mercury in individual lamps and expected phase-down levels by the year 2013.  
In the interests of health and environmental pr otection, the standard provides the disposal 
procedure in the case of accide ntal breakage of the lamps and at the end of the life cycle. 
This Kenya Standard shall apply without prejudic e to Kenyan legislati on on safety and health 
requirements and specific wast e management legislation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
– Limit exposure of people to mercury  
– Limit environmental pollution 
– To establish the maximum levels of mercury allowed for each lamp 
– To require proper labelling and pr ovision of disposal information G/TBT/N/KEN/258 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
– Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parl iament and of the Council of 27 January 
2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and 
electronic equipment; 
– Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parl iament and of the Council of 27 January 
2003 on waste electrical and el ectronic equipment (WEEE); 
– Commission Regulation (EC) No. 244/ 2009 of 18 March 2009 implementing 
Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parlia ment and of the Council with regard to 
ecodesign requirements for non–directional household lamps; 
– Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parl iament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 
establishing a framework for the setting of  ecodesign requirement s for energy–using 
products and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 
2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council; 
– U.S. EPA Mercury Response Gu idebook, Version:  July 2004; 
– Maine Department of Environmental Prot ection, Maine Compact Fluorescent Lamp 
Study, February 2008; 
– Shedding Light on Mercury Risks from CFL Breakage, The Mercury Policy Project, 
February 2008; 
– Cleaning Up a Broken Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb (CFL), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, June 2010; 
– Opinion on Mercury in Certain Energy–sav ing Light Bulbs, European Commission 
Scientific Committee on He alth and Environmental Risks (SCHER), 18th May 2010; 
– Fluorescent Lamp Recycling, February 2009, EPA530–R–09–001; 
– Commission Regulation (EC) No. 244/ 2009 of 18 March 2009, implementing 
Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parlia ment and of the Council with regard to 
ecodesign requirements for non–directional household lamps; 
– Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/ 2009 of 18 March 2009 implementing 
Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parlia ment and of the Council with regard to 
ecodesign requirements for fluo rescent lamps without integrated ballast, for high 
intensity discharge lamps, and for ballasts a nd luminaires able to operate such lamps, 
and repealing Directive 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council; 
– Guidelines for E–Waste Management in  Kenya, Final Draft, 10 August 2010, 
Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }30 September 2010 
10. Final date for comments:  28 September 2010 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and website addresses, if available of the other body:    
Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) 
WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point P.O. Box 54974 00200 Nairobi, Kenya Tel.:  (+254 020) 605490, 605506/6948258 
Fax:  (+254 020) 609660/609665 
E-mail:  info@kebs.org
 
Website:  http://www.kebs.org