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15 August 2023  
(23-5517) 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):  Steel wire, 
wire ropes and link chains (ICS code(s): 77.140.65)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DKS 1948:2023 
Round strand galvanized steel wire ropes for shipping purposes — Specification; (26 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Kenya Standard covers galvanized round strand and multi -
strand non -rotating steel wire ropes for standing and running rigging, hawsers, mooring 
and towing purposes, cargo gear rope, davi t rope and life boat fall ropes.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
- IS 2581, Round strand galvanized steel wire ropes for shipping purposes -Specification.  
- ISO 17893, Steel wire ropes — Vocabulary, designation, and classification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 December 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  29 September 2023  G/TBT/N/KEN/1474  
 
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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/2023/TBT/KEN/23_11712_00_e.pdf  
 