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27 March 2020  
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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:  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):  Clothes 
(ICS 61.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  TDC4 (6678) P3 
Textiles – General labelling of all products manufactured from textiles (4 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Tanzania Standard specifies basic labelling, marking 
and sa mpling plan requirements for all ready -made garments, woven and knitted  fabrics 
and other products manufactured from textiles.  
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 22: Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of breaking load and extension  
• TZS 23: Method for determination of colour fastness of textiles material to artificial 
light (xenon arc lamp)  
• TZS 41: Method for evaluating change in colour  
• TZS 42: Method for evaluating straining  
• TZS 40: Method for determination of colour fastness of textiles material to day light  
• TZS 137: Textiles — Determination of dimensional changes of woven and knitted 
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  • TZS 44: Textiles — Woven or knitted fabrics — Determination of length and width  
• TZS 43: Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Colour fastness to washing: Test 1  
• TZS 138: Textiles — Method for determination of colour fastness of textiles material 
to rubbing  
• TZS 327: Textiles – Binary fibre mixtures – quantitative chemical analysis.  
• TZS 691:2001, The General Labelling of all products manufactured from textiles  
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_2192_00_e.pdf  
 