WTO/TBT Monthly Notification Bulletin (October 2009)
Rwanda Bureau of Standards/Office Rwandais de Normalisation
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WTO/TBT NOTIFICATIONS BULLETIN (October 2009)
No
Date of
issue
Notification
reference
01
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/156
02
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/157
03
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/158
04
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/159
05
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/160
06
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/161
Product
covered
Country
notifying
Title of regulation notified
Electrical Engineering and Telecommunication Systems
Telecommunica KENYA
KS 1884-4:2008 Specification —
tion Systems
Accessories for use in antenna
installations — Part 4: TV
channel convertors
Telecommunica KENYA
KS 1884-5:2008 Specification —
tion Systems
Accessories for use in antenna
installations — Part 5: Low noise
block converters
Telecommunica KENYA
KS 1885:2008 Code of practice
tion Systems
— Installation of mobile radio
equipment in land based vehicles
(
Solar power
KENYA
KS 1860: 2008 Code of practice
systems
— Solar heating systems for
domestic hot water — Design,
installation, repair and
maintenance
Solar power
KENYA
KS 1869: 2008 Method test for
systems
determination of solar reflectance
near ambient temperature using
a portable solar reflectometer
Telecommunica KENYA
KS 1893-1, Kenya standard ―
tion Systems
Code of practice ― The
installation of communal and
single antenna systems for the
reception of television and sound
2
Deadline for submission of
comments
60 days from the circulation
date
60 days from the circulation
date
60 days from the circulation
date
60 days from the circulation
date
60 days from the circulation
date
60 days from the circulation
date
07
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/162
Telecommunica
tion Systems
KENYA
08
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/162
Telecommunica
tion Systems
KENYA
09
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/164
Industrial
Nitrogen
KENYA
10
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/165
Solar power
systems
KENYA
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/166
Telecommunica
tion Systems
KENYA
12
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/167
Telecommunica
tion Systems
KENYA
13
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/168
Telecommunica
tion Systems
KENYA
11
broadcast transmissions ― Part
1: VHF and UHF television and
VHF sound antenna systems
KS 1893-2, Kenya standard ―
Code of practice ― The
installation of communal and
single antenna systems for the
reception of television and sound
broadcast transmissions ― Part
2: Satellite antenna systems
KS 1894-1: 2008. radio sites —
Part 1:Technical performance
(narrowband analogue mobile
radio services)
DKS 2200-1:2009 Nitrogen —
Specification Part 1: High Purity
Nitrogen
KS 1895: 2008 Code of Practice.
Solar heating systems for
swimming pools
KS 1897, Radio broadcasting
systems — Very High Frequency
(VHF), frequency modulated,
sound broadcasting transmitters
— Code of practice for site
engineering
KS 1901: 2008, Satellite
television receiving antennas —
Mechanical requirements
KS 1904: 2008, Digital cellular
telecommunications system —
Radio equipment and systems —
Radio site engineering for radio
3
60 days from the circulation
date
60 days from the circulation
date
60 days from the dates of
notification
60 days from the circulation
date
60 days from the circulation
date
60 days from the circulation
date
60 days from the
circulation date
14
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/176
15
20 October
2009
G/TBT/N/EEC/300
16
23 October
2009
G/TBT/N/EEC/301
Closed Circuit
Television
(CCTV)
Systems
Portable
secondary
(rechargeable)
and automotive
batteries and
accumulators
equipment and systems in the
mobile service
KS 2109: 2009, Closed circuit
television (CCTV), Management
and operation Code of practice
KENYA
EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
Chemical Technology
Cosmetic
EUROPEAN
products
COMMUNITIES
60 days from the circulation
date
Draft Commission Regulation
establishing, pursuant to
Directive 2006/66/EC of the
European Parliament and of the
Council, rules as regards
capacity labelling of portable
secondary (rechargeable) and
automotive batteries and
accumulators
60 days from date of
notification
Draft Commission Directive
amending, for the purpose of
adaptation to technical progress,
Annexes II and III to Council
Directive 76/768/EEC concerning
cosmetic products
60 days from date of
notification
Tobacco and Tobacco productCigarittos
60 days from the notification
date
Snuff Tobacco
60 days from the notification
date
Agriculture
17
22 October
2009
G/TBT/N/BHR/151
Cigarittos
18
23 October
2009
G/TBT/N/BHR/153
Snuff Tobacco
BAHRAIN
BAHRAIN
4
19
23 October
2009
G/TBT/N/BHR/152
Chewing
Tobacco
BAHRAIN
20
23 October
2009
G/TBT/N/BHR/160
Cigar and
Toscani Cigar
BAHRAIN
21
23 October
2009
G/TBT/N/BHR/159
Pipe Tobacco
BAHRAIN
Chewing Tobacco
60 days from the notification
date
Cigar and Toscani Cigar
60 days from the notification
date
Pipe Tobacco
60 days from the notification
date
Draft of Amendment of the
Ordinance on Organic Farming of
22 September 1997 (910.18), 22
pages; and Draft of Amendment
of the Federal Department of
Economy (FDE) Ordinance on
Organic Farming of 22
September 1997 (910.181), 20
pages,
The Tea Act. (Legal Notice No.
122, Legislative Supplement No.
43 dated 3 October 2008). The
Tea Licensing, Registration and
Trade Regulations, 2008
Draft Commission Regulation
amending Regulation (EC) No
1924/2006 of the European
Parliament and of the Council
with regard to the list of nutrition
claims
Edible starch
9 November 2009
Food Technology
22
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/CHE/115
Products from
organic
agriculture.
23
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/175
Tea
24
20 October
2009
G/TBT/N/EEC/299
Food
25
22 October
2009
G/TBT/N/BHR/154
Edible starch
SWITZERLAND
KENYA
EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
BAHRAIN
5
Not applicable
60 days
notification
from
date
of
60 days from the notification
date
26
23 October
2009
G/TBT/N/BHR/155
Cabbage
27
23 October
2009
G/TBT/N/BHR/156
Frozen Fish
Fillet Blocks
28
23 October
2009
G/TBT/N/BHR/158
Canned Carrots
29
23 October
2009
G/TBT/N/BHR/157
Lettuce
30
26 October
2009
G/TBT/N/OMN/71
Canned Humus
31
26 October
2009
G/TBT/N/OMN/70
32
26 October
2009
G/TBT/N/OMN/69
33
26 October
2009
G/TBT/N/OMN/68
Complementary
foods based on
milk for infants
and children
“follow up
formula”
Organs and
Viscera of
Mutton, Goat,
Cattle, Camel,
and Buffalo
(chilled and
frozen)
Fruit drink
BAHRAIN
BAHRAIN
BAHRAIN
BAHRAIN
OMAN
OMAN
OMAN
OMAN
6
Cabbage
60 days from the notification
date
Frozen Fish Fillet Blocks
60 days from the notification
date
Canned Carrots
60 days from the notification
date
Lettuce
60 days from the notification
date
Canned Humus (chick peas) with
Tehena
60 days after the date of
circulation
Complementary foods based on
milk for infants and children
“follow up formula”
60 days from the date of
circulation
Organs and Viscera of Mutton,
Goat, Cattle, Camel, and Buffalo
(chilled and frozen)
60 days after the date of
circulation
Fruit drink
60 days from the date of
circulation
34
26 October
2009
G/TBT/N/OMN/72
Quick frozen
peaches
35
26 October
2009
G/TBT/N/OMN/73
36
26 October
2009
G/TBT/N/OMN/75
Meat bouillons,
OMAN
consommé’s
and similar
product named
by other culinary
terms intended
for direct
consumption
Preserved
OMAN
Tomatoes
OMAN
Quick frozen peaches
60 days from the date of
circulation
Bouillons and Consommes
60 days after the date of
circulation
Preserved Tomatoes
60 days after the date of
circulation
Construction materials and building
37
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/177
Masonry
cement
38
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/178
Masonry
cement
KS 2168-1: 2009 Masonry
Cement — Part 1: Composition,
Specifications and conformity
criteria
KS 2168-2: 2009 Masonry
Cement — Part 2: Test Methods
KENYA
KENYA
60 days from the circulation
date
60 days from the circulation
date
Textiles and leather technology
39
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/173
Disposable
baby diapers
40
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/174
Woven fabrics
KENYA
KS 2108:2009 Disposable baby
diapers — Specification
60 days from notification
60 days from the date of
KS 1056-2: 2009 Specification
notification
for woven wrapping cloth. Part 2.
Jute cloth
Road Vehicle s engineering
KENYA
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41
2 October
2009
G/TBT/N/CHE/116
42
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/182
Spark ignition
engines with a
net power ≤ 19
kW for non-road
mobile
machinery.
Motor vehicle
SWITZERLAND
Draft revision of the Ordinance
on Air Pollution Control; 6 pages;
available in German and French
KENYA
KS 2190: 2009 Motor vehicles
spare parts – Code of practice
60 days from the day of
notification.
60 days from the date of
notification
Petroleum and related technologies
43
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/170
44
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/172
Liquefied
Petroleum Gas
(LPG)
Regulations,
2008 (Kenya
Gazette Notice
11383, 28
November
2008)
Medical gases
45
1 October
2009
G/TBT/N/KEN/169
Safety matches
KENYA
The Energy Act: Liquefied
Petroleum Gas (LPG)
Regulations, 2008 (Kenya
Gazette Notice 11383,
28 November 2008)
60 days
notification
from
Medical gases
DKS 2170-1: 2008: Medical
Gases —Specification. Part 1:
Medical Oxygen
Miscellaneous domestic and commercial equipment
KENYA
KS 03-25: 2008 Specification for
matches
8
11 January 2009
date
of
9