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19 April 2024  
(24-3263) 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):  Clothing 
industry (Vocabularies) (ICS code(s): 01.040.61)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DARS 
1599:2024 Textiles - Code of Practice for Garment Manufacturing; (13 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Committee Draft African Standard specifies the general 
principles for production in the garment industry. It sets out the necessary guidelines for 
garment manufacturing industries  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 4915, Textiles — Stitch types — Classification and terminology ISO 4916, 
Textiles — Seam types — Classification and terminology  
2. ISO 3758, Textiles — Care labelling code using symbols  
3. ISO 8559 -1, Size designation of clothes — Part 1: Anthropometric definitions for 
body measurement  
4. ISO 8559 -2, Size designati on of clothes — Part 2: Primary and secondary 
dimension indicators ARS 1551, Terms and definitions for textiles and textile 
merchandis  G/TBT/N/KEN/1606  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 September 2024  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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:   
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/2024/TBT/KEN/24_02707_00_e.pdf  
 