WTO notification · TBT
Burundi,Kenya,Rwanda,Tanzania,UgandaAdopted, according to its latest notice
Official title
DEAS 1263:2025, Sweetpotato seed — Requirements for certification, First Edition
Uganda issued an addendum on 8 September 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/UGA/2151. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 12 May 2025. The comment period closed on 11 July 2025.
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Seed potatoes; Plant growing
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DEAS 1263:2025, Sweet potato seed — Requirements for certification, First Edition
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard; DEAS 1263:2025, Sweet potato seed — Requirements for certification, First Edition; notified in G/TBT/N/BDI/597, G/TBT/N/KEN/1797, G/TBT/N/RWA/1194, G/TBT/N/TZA/1337 and G/TBT/N/UGA/2151 was adopted by the East African Community Council of Ministers on 30th June 2026 and published in the EAC Gazette Legal Notice No. EAC/177/2026 on 30th June 2026.
This draft East African Standard specifies the certification requirements for pre-basic, basic, and certified sweetpotato seed (Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam). It covers requirements for eligible varieties, application for certification, field requirements, field inspection, requirements for eligible varieties, application for certification, field requirements, field inspection, storage inspection, size and grading, packaging and labelling.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/UGA/2151/Add.1
Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania
DEAS 1263:2025, Sweet potato seed — Requirements for certification, First Edition
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard; DEAS 1263:2025, Sweet potato seed — Requirements for certification, First Edition; notified in G/TBT/N/BDI/597, G/TBT/N/KEN/1797, G/TBT/N/RWA/1194, G/TBT/N/TZA/1337 and G/TBT/N/UGA/2151 was adopted by the East African Community Council of Ministers on 30th June 2026 and published in the EAC Gazette Legal Notice No. EAC/177/2026 on 30th June 2026.
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/UGA/2151
Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, TanzaniaComment deadline: Closed on 11 July 2025
DEAS 1263:2025, Sweetpotato seed — Requirements for certification, First Edition
This draft East African Standard specifies the certification requirements for pre-basic, basic, and certified sweetpotato seed (Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam). It covers requirements for eligible varieties, application for certification, field requirements, field inspection, requirements for eligible varieties, application for certification, field requirements, field inspection, storage inspection, size and grading, packaging and labelling.
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