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5 March 2024  
(24-2050) 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: 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 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Sheet 
piling of iron or steel, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements 
(HS code(s): 730110); Pressure vessels (ICS code(s): 23.020.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  MEDC 02 (2358) 
DTZS, Identification of the contents of industrial gas cylinders, Second Edition; (19 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This standard covers the method of marking and colouring 
industrial gas cylinders both for steel and aluminium cylinder. It does not cover colour 
coding for medical cylinders.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  National security requirements; Quality requirements; Reducing trade 
barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 817, Refrigerants — Designation and safety classif ication  
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  G/TBT/N/TZA/1105  
 
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  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 95 24 
Dar Es Salaam  
Tel: +(255) 22 2450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/TZA/24_01848_00_e.pdf  
 