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12 March 2020  
(20-1945) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  TANZANIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Yarns 
(ICS 59.080.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  TDC3 (6747) P3 
Textiles  — Open mouth woven poly -sacks made from High Density Polyethylene 
(HDPE)/polypropylene (PP) tape -yarns - Specifications. (7 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Tanzania Standard specifies requirements and test 
methods for open mouth  poly – sacks made from HDPE/PP tape yarn  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
TZS 20, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of number of threads per unit length 
and per unit width  
TZS 21, Textiles — Woven or knitted fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length and 
per unit area  
TZS 22, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of break ing load and extension  
TZS 44, Textiles — Woven or knitted fabrics — Determination of width and length  G/TBT/N/TZA/411  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  May 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister for 
Industry, Trade and Investment  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/TZA/20_1904_00_e.pdf  
 