G/TBT/N/TZA/765  
9 May 2022  
(22-3588) 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:  TANZANIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS);  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo ;  
P O BOX 9524, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;  
Tel: +255 222450206;  
E- mail: info@tbs.go.tz ; 
Website: www.tbs.go.tz   
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):  Other 
furnishing articles, excluding those of head ing 94.04. (HS code(s): 6304); Furniture (ICS 
code(s): 97.140)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  TDC 3 (1147) 
CD3, Cushion covers — Specification, First Edition; (7 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Dr aft Tanzania Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling plan and test methods for cushion covers made of textile fabrics or leather.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements; Reducing trade 
barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
• TZS 4 Rounding off numerical values.  
• TZS 21 Textiles - Woven or knitted fabrics - Determination of mass per unit length 
and - per unit area. 
• TZS 22 Textiles - Woven fabrics Determination of breaking load and extension.  
• TZS 24 Textiles - Tests for colour fastness – Colour fastness to washing: Test 4.  
• TZS 26 Textiles - Determination of conductivity, pH, water -soluble matter, 
chloride and su lphate in aqueous extracts.  
• TZS 27 Textiles: Determination of dimensional changes of fabrics by cold water 
immersion.  
• TZS 40 Textiles - Tests for colour fastness – Colour fastness to light: Daylight.  G/TBT/N/TZA/765  
 
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  • TZS 44 Textiles - Tests Woven or knitted fabrics - Determination of length and 
width.  
• TZS 138 Textiles - Test for colour fastness to rubbing.  
• TZS 208 Leather – Physical and mechanical strength - Determination of tear load.  
• TZS 529 Textiles: Test for colour fastness to dry cleaning.  
• TZS 2584 -1:2019/ISO 9073 -1: 1989 Textiles – Test methods for nonwovens – 
Part 1 - Determination for mass per unit area.  
• TZS 2584 -3:2019/ISO 9073 -3: 1989 Textiles – Test methods for nonwovens – 
Part 3 - Determination of tensile strength and elongation.  
• TZS 2584 -4:2019/ISO 9073 -4: 1997 Textiles – Test methods for nonwovens – 
Part 4 - Determination of Tear resistance.  
• TZS 2584 -5:2019/ISO 9073 -5: 2008 Textiles – Test methods for nonwovens – 
Part 5 - Determination of resistance to mechanical penetration (ball burst 
procedure).  
• ISO 13936  – 1, Textiles — Determination of the slippage resistance of yarns at a 
seam in woven fabrics — Part 1: Fixed seam opening method. r) ISO 13936 – 2, 
Textiles — Determination of the slippage resistance of yarns at a seam in woven 
fabrics — Part 2: Fixed loa d method.  
• ISO 13937 - 1, Textiles — Tear properties of fabrics — Part 1: Determination of 
tear force using ballistic pendulum method (Elmendorf).  
• ISO 6940, Textile fabrics — Burning behaviour — Determination of ease of ignition 
of vertically oriented speci mens.  
• ISO 6941, Textile fabrics — Burning behaviour — Measurement of flame spread 
properties of vertically oriented specimens  
• SANS 1261 – 1, Performance requirements for retail textiles, Part 1 - Household 
piece goods and articles.  
• SANS 1394 -2, Duvets and  pillows Part 2: Synthetic fibre filled.  
• ISO 12649 – Treated/coated fabrics for various applications – Guide for selection.  
• TZS 1423, Textile upholstery fabric specifications.  
• TZS 2510, Leather for upholstery Specifications  
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:   
Contact person(s):  
Ms. Bahati Samillani (NEP officer) and Mr. Clavery Chausi  
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
Morogoro/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O Box 9524 
Dar Es Salaam  
Tel: +(255) 22 2450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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