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21 October 2019  
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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:  TANZANIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: nep@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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Paper 
products (ICS 85.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  TBS/CDC -10 
(6513)  P3 DIARY BOOKS — SPECIFICATION (7 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Tanzania Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for diary books.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems whe re 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
TZS 4: Rounding off numerical values  
TZS 79: Paper – Determination for bursting strength  
TZS 80: Paper – Sampling methods for testing  
TZS 81: Method for the determination of grammage (basic mass)  
TZS 82 -ISO 187: Paper, board and pulps – Standard atmosphere for conditioning and 
testing and procedure for monitoring the atmosphere and conditioning of samples.  
TZS 84: Paper and board – Determination of opacity (pa per backing) – Diffuse reflectance 
method  
TZS 747: - ISO 1974, Paper — Determination of tearing resistance — Elmendorf method  
TZS 886: -ISO 2470: Paper and board – Measurement of blue reflectance factor (ISO 
brightness)  
ISO 4046 -1: Paper, board, pulps and related terms - Vocabulary – part 1: Alphabetical 
index  
ISO 9184 -3: Paper, board and pulps - Fibre furnish analysis - Part 3, Herzberg staining test  G/TBT/N/TZA/315  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory b y the Minister for 
Industry, Trade and Investment  
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:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
 