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4 November 2020  
(20-7793) 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  
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):  Kitchen 
equipment (ICS 97.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  MEDC 02 (353) 
CD1 Wrought aluminium and aluminium alloys for manufacture of cookware – Sheets, 
strips and plates – Specification (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies requirements for wrought 
aluminium and aluminium alloys sheets, strips and plates for the manufacture of cooking 
utensils used for catering and domestic purposes.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent  problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• TZS 4: 1979, Rounding off numerical values.  
• TZS 642: 2000, Metallic materials – Tensile strength test.  
• BS EN 573 -3:2019, Aluminium and aluminium alloys – Chemical composition 
and form of wrought products – Part 3: Chemical composition.  
• BS EN 602:2004, Aluminium and aluminium alloys - Wrought products - 
Chemical composition of semi products used for the fabrication of articles for 
use in contact with food.  
• BS EN 485 -2:2016+A1:2018, Aluminium and aluminium alloys. Sheet, strip and 
plate -Part 2: Mechanical properties.  
• DIN EN 515:2017, Aluminium and aluminium alloys – Wrought products – 
Temper designations.  
• IS 737:2008 (Reaffirmed 2018), Wrought Aluminium and Aluminium Alloy Sheet 
and Strip for General Engineering Purposes - Specification  G/TBT/N/TZA/476  
 
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  • IS 21:1992 (Reaffirmed 2017), Wrought Aluminium and Aluminium Alloys for 
Manufacture of Utensils – Specification  
• IS 5052:1993 (Reaffirmed 2003), Aluminium and its alloys - Temper 
design ations  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  January 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
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:   
Contact person(s):  
Ms. Bahati Samillani (NEP officer) and Mr. Clavery Chausi  
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
 
Morogoro/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O Box 9 524 
Dar Es Salaam  
 
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/TZA/20_6750_00_e.pdf  
 