G/TBT/N/KEN/418
Date: 10th June 2014
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Page: 1/1
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
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Notifying Member: KENYA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
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Agency responsible: KENYA BUREAU OF STANDARDS (KEBS)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
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 [
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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Aluminum hollowware
utensils — Specification Part 1: Aluminum cooking pots (suffuria) and lids)
Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: KS 2530: 2014
Aluminum hollowware utensils — Specification Part 1: Aluminum cooking pots
(suffuria) and lids
Description of content:
specifies the materials, construction and the preferred sizes of domestic aluminum
cooking pots (suffuria) and the lids. The fourth revision is undertaken to cater for
heavy duty, the large sized cooking pots which are suitable for commercial,
institutional and communities use. This ensures safe use by consumers through
specifying chemical composition of the materials suitable for food preparation and
storage. The standard shall ensure harmonization of differing dimensions of
aluminum cooking pots and lids currently in the domestic market.
Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
Harmonization; Consumer safety
Relevant documents:
1. KS 460
2. Publication in which the notification is published when adopted: Kenya Gazette
Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:
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30th September 2014
Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister
for
Industrialisation
and
Enterprise
Development
Final date for comments: 60 days from the date of notification
Texts available from: National enquiry point [x] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the 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: mailto:info@kebs.org; Website: http://www.kebs.org