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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:

Uganda National Bureau of Standards

Plot 2-12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park

P.O. Box 6329

Kampala, Uganda

Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2

Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123

E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug

Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug

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 [ ], 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): Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies, and similar articles, of any material (HS code(s): 9619); Textile fabrics (ICS code(s): 59.080.30)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DEAS 96-1: 2023, Sanitary towels — Specification — Part 1: Disposable, Fourth Edition; (28 page(s), in English)

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Description of content: This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for disposable sanitary towels (also known as sanitary pads/sanitary napkins). This standard does not apply to reusable sanitary towels.

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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; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; Harmonization

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Relevant documents:

1.    EAS 377 (all parts), Cosmetics and cosmetic products

2.    ISO 139, Textiles — Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing

3.    ISO 3071, Textiles — Determination of pH of aqueous extract

4.    ISO 6887-1, Microbiology of the food chain — Preparation of test samples, initial suspension and decimal dilutions for microbiological examination — Part 1: General rules for the preparation of the initial suspension and decimal dilutions

5.    ISO 21149, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Enumeration and detection of aerobic mesophilic bacteria

6.    ISO 21150, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Escherichia coli

7.    ISO 22198, Textiles — Fabrics — Determination of width and length

8.    ISO 22717, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

9.    ISO 22718, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Staphylococcus aureus

10.  EAS 96-1: 2018, Sanitary towels — Specification— Part 1: Disposable (Third Edition)

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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:

Uganda National Bureau of Standards

Plot 2-12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park

P.O. Box 6329

Kampala, Uganda

Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2

Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123

E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug

Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug