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RwandaCorrected since it was notified

Road construction materials – Rwanda

Official title

DRS 607-1:2025, Gully tops and manhole tops for vehicular and pedestrian areas — Specification — Part 1: Classification, general design and performance requirements.

Rwanda issued a correction on 27 July 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/RWA/1462. The measure was first notified on 16 July 2026. The comment period closed on 14 September 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Road equipment and installations

Notifying member
Rwanda
Status
Corrected since it was notified
Objectives
  • Consumer information, labelling
  • Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Protection of the environment
  • Quality requirements
  • Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade
  • Cost saving and productivity enhancement
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/RWA/1462Latest notice: G/TBT/N/RWA/1462/Corr.1
ICS classification
  • 93.080.30 Road equipment and installations

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 14 September 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
6 months from adoption

How to comment

The comment period closed on 14 September 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/RWA/1462/Corr.1; it can take them up with Rwanda.

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What the notification says

This Draft Rwanda standard specifies the certification requirements for pre-basic cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) tissue culture-derived plantlets grown under controlled environments (facilities) such as Semi-Autotrophic Hydroponics (SAH) laboratory, SAH screenhouse, and screenhouse facilities. It covers requirements for eligible varieties, their multiplication in controlled environments, application for certification, inspection, labelling and packaging for transportation.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. CorrigendumG/TBT/N/RWA/1462/Corr.1

    DRS 607-1:2025, Gully tops and manhole tops for vehicular and pedestrian areas — Specification — Part 1: Classification, general design and performance requirements.

    The right scope of the notified document for clarity: This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies classification, general design, performance requirements and test methods for gully tops and manhole tops. It applies for manhole tops and gully tops with a clear opening up to and including 1 000 mm for installation within areas subjected to pedestrian and/or vehicular traffic. This standard is not applicable to gratings as part of prefabricated drainage channels, floor and roof gullies in buildings and surface boxes. NOTE This Part 1 of DRS 607 is not applicable in isolation, but only in combination with DRS 607-2, DRS 607-3, DRS 607-4, DRS 607-5 and DRS 607-6.

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  2. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/RWA/1462

    Comment deadline: Closed on 14 September 2026

    DRS 607-1:2025, Gully tops and manhole tops for vehicular and pedestrian areas — Specification — Part 1: Classification, general design and performance requirements.

    This Draft Rwanda standard specifies the certification requirements for pre-basic cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) tissue culture-derived plantlets grown under controlled environments (facilities) such as Semi-Autotrophic Hydroponics (SAH) laboratory, SAH screenhouse, and screenhouse facilities. It covers requirements for eligible varieties, their multiplication in controlled environments, application for certification, inspection, labelling and packaging for transportation.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)

Sources

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