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Notifying Member: Burundi

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible:

Burundi Bureau of Standards and Quality Control (BBN)
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi
Tel: +25722221815/+25722221577
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org
Website: www.bbnburundi.org

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:

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Paints and varnishes (ICS 87.040)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Water based undercoat — Specification (14 page(s), in English)

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Description of content: This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for water based undercoat used on buildings after surface preparation and priming wherever necessary.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements; Harmonization

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Relevant documents:

·        ISO 1524, Paints, varnishes and printing ink — Determination of fineness of grind

·        ISO 2812-1, Paints and varnishes — Determination of resistance to liquids — Part 1: Immersion in liquids other than water

·        ISO 2884-2, Paints and varnishes — Determination of viscosity using rotary viscometers — Part 2: Disc or ball viscometer operated at a specified speed

·        ISO 3251, Paints varnishes and plastics — Determination of non- volatile matter content

·        ISO 3856-6, Paints and varnishes — Determination of "soluble" metal content — Part 6: Determination of total chromium content of the liquid portion of the paint — Flame atomic absorption spectrometric method

·        ISO 4618, Paints and varnishes — Terms and definitions

·        ISO 6503 Paints and varnishes -- Determination of total lead — Flame atomic absorption spectrometric method

·        ISO 6504-3, Paints and varnishes — Determination of hiding power — Part 3: Determination of contrast ratio of light coloured paints at a fixed spreading rate

·        ISO 9117-1, Paints and varnishes — Drying tests — Part 1: Determination of through-dry state and through-dry time

·        ISO 9117-3, Paints and varnishes — Drying tests — Part 3: Surface-drying test using ballotini

·        ISO 11890-1, Paints and varnishes — Determination of volatile organic compound (VOC) content — Part 1: Difference method

·        ISO 15528, Paints, varnishes and raw materials for paints and varnishes — Sampling

·        ISO 19396-1, Paints and varnishes — Determination of pH value — Part 1: pH electrodes with glass membrane

·        ISO 21546, Paints and varnishes — Determination of the resistance to rubbing using a linear abrasion tester (crockmeter)

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: 6 months from adoption

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

Documentation and Information Centre Division at BBN
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi
Tel: +25722221815 or +25722221577
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org
Website: www.bbnburundi.org

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