WTO notification · TBT
Burundi,Kenya,Rwanda,Tanzania,UgandaAdopted, according to its latest notice
Official title
DEAS 1120-1: 2022, Mosquito repellent — Performance test guidelines — Part 1: Skin applied, First Edition
Uganda issued an addendum on 3 December 2025 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/UGA/1713. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 12 December 2022. The comment period closed on 10 February 2023.
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Insecticides, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (excl. goods of subheadings 3808.52 to 3808.69); Insecticides
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DEAS 1120-1: 2022, Mosquito repellent — Performance test guidelines — Part 1: Skin applied, First Edition
The aim of this addendum is to update WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard, DEAS 1120-1: 2022, Mosquito repellent — Performance test guidelines — Part 1: Skin applied, First Edition notified in G/TBT/N/BDI/304, G/TBT/N/KEN/1346, G/TBT/N/RWA/745, G/TBT/N/TZA/868, G/TBT/N/UGA/1713, G/TBT/N/BDI/304/Add.1, G/TBT/N/KEN/1346/Add.1, G/TBT/N/KEN/1346/Add.2, G/TBT/N/RWA/745/Add.1, G/TBT/N/TZA/868/Add.1 and G/TBT/N/UGA/1713/Add.1 was adopted by Uganda on 30 September 2025 as a Uganda Standard, US EAS 1120-1: 2024 Mosquito repellent -Performance test guidelines -Part 1: Skin applied (First edition). The Standard can be purchased online through the link:
This Draft East African standard provides guidelines for the design and execution of studies to evaluate the performance of mosquito repellents formulated and prepared for application directly to human skin. These guidelines apply to products in any formulation intended to be applied directly to human skin. The purpose of these guidelines is to provide specific and standardized procedures and criteria for efficacy testing and evaluation of mosquito repellents for human skin. Their aim is to harmonize the testing procedures carried out in different laboratories and institutions in order to generate comparable data for registering and labelling such products by the national regulatory authorities. However, the requirements for registration of pesticides, including repellents, are determined by the national regulatory authorities. The guidelines provide guidance and procedures on laboratory studies, field trials and evaluation of technical material used in mosquito repellent products and on the methods used to determine their application rate(s) and effectiveness. Guidance is also provided on the single-dose evaluation of formulated repellent products. With some modification, the guidelines can be used to determine the repellency of candidate compounds for other flying insects that blood-feed on humans. Detailed treatment and analysis of repellent safety and toxicity data are beyond the scope of these guidelines, and it is assumed that preliminary human safety assessments have…
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AddendumG/TBT/N/UGA/1713/Add.2
Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania
DEAS 1120-1: 2022, Mosquito repellent — Performance test guidelines — Part 1: Skin applied, First Edition
The aim of this addendum is to update WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard, DEAS 1120-1: 2022, Mosquito repellent — Performance test guidelines — Part 1: Skin applied, First Edition notified in G/TBT/N/BDI/304, G/TBT/N/KEN/1346, G/TBT/N/RWA/745, G/TBT/N/TZA/868, G/TBT/N/UGA/1713, G/TBT/N/BDI/304/Add.1, G/TBT/N/KEN/1346/Add.1, G/TBT/N/KEN/1346/Add.2, G/TBT/N/RWA/745/Add.1, G/TBT/N/TZA/868/Add.1 and G/TBT/N/UGA/1713/Add.1 was adopted by Uganda on 30 September 2025 as a Uganda Standard, US EAS 1120-1: 2024 Mosquito repellent -Performance test guidelines -Part 1: Skin applied (First edition). The Standard can be purchased online through the link:
AddendumG/TBT/N/UGA/1713/Add.1
Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania
DEAS 1120-1: 2022, Mosquito repellent — Performance test guidelines — Part 1: Skin applied, First Edition
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard; DEAS 1120-1: 2022, Mosquito repellent — Performance test guidelines — Part 1: Skin applied, First Edition; notified in G/TBT/N/BDI/304, G/TBT/N/KEN/1346, G/TBT/N/RWA/745, G/TBT/N/TZA/868 and G/TBT/N/UGA/1713 was adopted by the East African Community Council of Ministers on 14 June 2024.
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/UGA/1713
Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, TanzaniaComment deadline: Closed on 10 February 2023
DEAS 1120-1: 2022, Mosquito repellent — Performance test guidelines — Part 1: Skin applied, First Edition
This Draft East African standard provides guidelines for the design and execution of studies to evaluate the performance of mosquito repellents formulated and prepared for application directly to human skin. These guidelines apply to products in any formulation intended to be applied directly to human skin. The purpose of these guidelines is to provide specific and standardized procedures and criteria for efficacy testing and evaluation of mosquito repellents for human skin. Their aim is to harmonize the testing procedures carried out in different laboratories and institutions in order to generate comparable data for registering and labelling such products by the national regulatory authorities. However, the requirements for registration of pesticides, including repellents, are determined by the national regulatory authorities. The guidelines provide guidance and procedures on laboratory studies, field trials and evaluation of technical material used in mosquito repellent products and on the methods used to determine their application rate(s) and effectiveness. Guidance is also provided on the single-dose evaluation of formulated repellent products. With some modification, the guidelines can be used to determine the repellency of candidate compounds for other flying insects that blood-feed on humans. Detailed treatment and analysis of repellent safety and toxicity data are beyond the scope of these guidelines, and it is assumed that preliminary human safety assessments have…
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