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27 August 2019  
(19-5479) 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  
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):  Packaging 
materials and accessories (ICS 55.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 987 -1: 
2019 Glass containers — Specification — Part 1 — Bottles for carbonated and non -
carbonated drinks (3 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
methods of sam pling and test for Glass bottles used for packaging of carbonated and non -
carbonated drinks. This standard does not cover glass containers used in pharmaceutical 
industry  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• ASTM C224 – 78, Standard Practice for sampling glass containers  
• ISO 2859 -1, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes ― Part 1: Sampling 
schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot inspection  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  February 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister 
for Industry, Trade and Investment  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/TZA/304  
 
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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:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go .t 
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/TZA/19_4689_00_e.pdf  
 