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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): Toilet paper in rolls of a width of <= 36 cm (HS code(s): 481810); Tissue paper (ICS code(s): 85.080.20)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DEAS 355-1: 2024, Toilet paper — Specification — Part 1 — Regular toilet tissue paper, Second Edition; (16 page(s), in English)

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Description of content: This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for regular toilet tissue paper made from virgin, blended or recycled pulp.

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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:

ISO 187, Paper, board and pulps — Standard atmosphere for conditioning and testing and procedure for monitoring the atmosphere and conditioning of samples

ISO 287, Paper and board — Determination of moisture content of a lot — Oven-drying method

ISO 6588-1, Paper, board and pulps — Determination of pH of aqueous extracts — Part 1: Cold extraction

ISO 8784-1, Pulp, paper and board — Microbiological examination — Part 1: Enumeration of bacteria and bacterial spores based on disintegration ISO 11093-4, Paper and board — Testing of core — Part 4: Measurement of dimensions

ISO 12625-1, Tissue paper and tissue products — Part 1: General guidance on terms

ISO 12625-4, Tissue paper and tissue products — Part 4: Determination of tensile strength, stretch at break and tensile energy absorption

ISO 12625-6, Tissue paper and tissue products — Part -6: Determination of grammage ISO 12625-7, Tissue paper and tissue products — Part 7: Determination of optical properties — Measurement of brightness and colour with D65/10 ° (outdoor daylight)

ISO 12625-8, Tissue paper and tissue products — Part 8: Water-absorption time and water-capacity, basket-immersion test method

ISO 18416, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Candida albicans

ISO 21150, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Escherichia coli

ISO 22717, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

ISO 22718, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Staphylococcus aureus

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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