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20 December 2022  
(22-9489) 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:  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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Iron and 
steel products (ICS co de(s): 77.140)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  KS 2971:2022  
Standards specifications for designs of cold formed buildings; (166 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Kenyan Standard specifies minimum req uirements for the 
design of structural members cold - formed to shape from steel sheet, strip, plate or bar 
not more than 8 mm in thickness and used for load -carrying purposes in buildings. 
Sections may be either open or closed and should be made up of flat  elements bounded 
either by free edges or by bends with included angles not exceeding 135 degrees and 
internal radii not exceeding 5t where t is the material thickness.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating 
trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
AS/NZS 4600:2005 Cool Formed steel structures  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  16 February 2023  G/TBT/N/KEN/1352  
 
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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) 0 20 609660/609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs.org  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/KEN/22_8675_00_e.pdf  
 