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WTO notification · TBT

Burundi,Kenya,Rwanda,Tanzania,UgandaProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Soap; organic surface-active preparations used as soap

Official title

DEAS 186-1: 2025, Bathing soap - Specification - Part 1: Solid, Second Edition

Burundi and 4 other members notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 6 October 2025. The comment period closed on 5 December 2025.

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At a glance

Products

Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use, incl. medicated products; Surface active agents (ICS co

HS codes
  • 34 · Soap, organic surface-active agents; washing, lubricating, polishing or scouring preparations; artificial or prepared waxes, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster
    • 340111 Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens…
Notifying members
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 6 October 2025. Check WTO ePing or Burundi and 4 other members for its current status.
Objectives
  • Consumer information, labelling
  • Quality requirements
  • Harmonization
  • Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/BDI/661

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 5 December 2025
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

The comment period closed on 5 December 2025. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/TZA/1418; it can take them up with Burundi and 4 other members.

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What the notification says

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for solid bathing soap. This standard does not apply to carbolic soap or specialty soaps such as, transparent soap, floating soap, liquid soap, beauty soap or sea-water soap. The standard does not apply to products, for which therapeutic claims are made.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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