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Notifying Member: BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA

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

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Agency responsible:

Kenya Bureau of Standards

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:

Kenya Bureau of Standards

P.O. Box: 54974-00200, Nairobi, Kenya

Telephone: + (254) 020 605490, 605506/6948258

Fax: + (254) 020 609660/609665

E-mail: info@kebs.org; Website: http://www.kebs.org

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 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): Footwear (ICS code(s): 61.060)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DEAS 1125: 2022 Wallets specification – Part 1 - Leather; (10 page(s), in English)

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Description of content: This Draft East African standard specifies requirements and test methods for leather wallets. This standard is not applicable to wallets made from other materials apart from leather.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement

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Relevant documents:

1. ISO 105 B02, Textiles — Colour fastness test Part B02: Xenon arc fading lamp

2. ISO 2589, Leather — Test measurement of thickness

3. ISO 3376, Leather — Determination of tensile strength and elongation

4. ISO 3377-1, Leather — Determination of tearing load — Single tear

5. ISO 3377-2, Leather — Determination of tearing load — Double tear

6. ISO 3378, Leather — Physical and mechanical tests — Determination of resistance to grain cracking and grain crack index

7. ISO 3379, Leather — Determination of distension and strength of surface(Ball burst method)

8. ISO 11640, Leather — Fastness to rubbing ISO 11644, Leather — Determination of adhesion to finish

9. ISO 20344, Personal protective equipment — Test methods for footwear

10. ISO 13934-1, Textiles — Tensile properties of fabrics — Part 1: Determination of maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the strip method

11. ISO 3801, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length and mass per unit area

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined

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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:

Kenya Bureau of Standards

WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point

P.O. Box: 54974-00200, Nairobi, Kenya

Telephone: + (254) 020 605490, 605506/6948258

Fax: + (254) 020 609660/609665

E-mail: info@kebs.org; Website: http://www.kebs.org