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19 August 2019  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  KENYA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Kenya 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:   
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya  
Telephone: + (254) 020 605490, 605506/6948258  
Fax: + (254) 020 609660/609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org  
Website: http://www.kebs.org  
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):  Cans. Tins. 
Tubes (ICS 55.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
DEAS  987-1:2019 Glass containers  — Specifi cation — Part 1 — Bottles for carbonated 
and non -carbonated drinks (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
methods of sampling and test for Glass bottles used for packaging of carbonated and 
non-carbonated drinks. This standard does not cover glass containers used in 
pharmaceutical industry.  
7. Obje ctive and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
N/A 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the relevant 
Cabinet Secretary  
10. Final date for comments:  13 October 2019  G/TBT/N/KEN/896  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of 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: info@kebs.org  
Website: http://www.kebs.org  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/KEN/19_4555_00_e.pdf  
 