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6 May 2021  
(21-3889) 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:  BURUNDI   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Burundi Bureau of Standards and Quality Control (BBN)  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815/+25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org  
Web site: www.bbnburundi.org  
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 [X], 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):  Plant 
growing (ICS 65.020.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
DEAS  1034:2020 - Wheat seeds — Requirements for certification (20 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifie s the certification 
requirements for pre -basic, basic and certified 1 and 2 seed of wheat ( Triticum aestivum  
L.). It includes requirements for eligible varieties, field standards, field inspections, seed 
sampling, laboratory standards, certificates, packag ing and labelling, and post -control 
tests.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant life or 
health; Protection of the environment; Quality req uirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
• OECD, Seed Schemes; Guidelines for Control Plot Tests and Field Inspection of 
Seed Crops  
• RS 275 -3: 2016, Seeds — Requirements for certification — Part 3: Wheat  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/BDI/105  
 
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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:   
Documentation and Information Centre Division at BBN  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815 or +25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org  
Web site: www.bbnburundi.org  
https://bbnburundi.org/wp -content/uploads/2021/01/DEAS -1034-Wheat -Requirements -
for-certification.pdf  
 