WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/10.7/N/28
10 November 1999
(99-4856)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
Under Article 10.7 of the Agreement "Whenever a Member has reached an agreement with
any other country or countries on issues related to technical regulations, standards or conformityassessment procedures which may have a significant effect on trade, at least one Member party to the
agreement shall notify other Members through the Secretariat of the products to be covered by the
agreement and include a brief description of the agreement".  The following notification under Article
10.7 has been received.
1. Member notifying:  TANZANIA
2. Title of the bilateral or plurilateral Agreem ent:  Harmonization of East African Standards
3. Parties to the Agreement:  Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda
4. Date of entry into force of the Agreement:  30 December 1999
5. Products covered (HS or CCN were applicable otherwise national tariff heading):  The list
of Harmonized East African Standards has been provided to the Secretariat for the
information of interested Members.
6. Subject-matter covered by the Agreement:  Harmonized standards
7. Brief description of the Agreement:  The harmonization of standards is geared towards
eliminating non-tariff barriers to tr ade when trading within the region.
8. Further information available from:
Tanzania Bureau of Standards
P.O. Box 9524
DAR ES SALAAMTANZANIA
Telefax No: +255 51 450959
Email: standards@twiga.com