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WTO notification · TBT

RwandaProposed measure, not in force yet

Pipes and fittings, Building installations – Rwanda

Official title

DRS 644-6: 2026, Plumbing works — Code of practice — Part 6: Fuel gas piping and firestop protection

Rwanda notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 28 July 2026. The comment period closed on 26 September 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Water supply systems

Notifying member
Rwanda
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
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/1471
ICS classification
  • 23.040 Pipeline components and pipelines
  • 91.140.60 Water supply systems

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 26 September 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
6 months from adoption

How to comment

The comment period closed on 26 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/1471; it can take them up with Rwanda.

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What the notification says

1.1 This Draft Rwanda Standard provides recommendations and guidelines for fuel gas piping and firestop protection. 1.2 Coverage of piping systems extends from the point of delivery to the appliance connections. 1.3 Fuel gas piping systems do not apply to the following items: a) Portable LP-Gas appliances and equipment of all types that are not connected to a fixed fuel piping system. b) Installation of appliances such as brooders, dehydrators, dryers, and irrigation equipment used for agricultural purposes. c) Raw material (feedstock) applications except for piping to special atmosphere generators. d) Oxygen-fuel gas cutting and welding systems. e) Industrial gas applications using such gases as acetylene and acetylenic compounds, hydrogen, ammonia, carbon monoxide, oxygen, and nitrogen. f) Petroleum refineries, pipeline compressor or pumping stations, loading terminals, compounding plants, refinery tank farms, and natural gas processing plants. g) Large integrated chemical plants or portions of such plants where flammable or combustible liquids or gases are produced by chemical reactions or used in chemical reactions. h) LP-Gas installations at utility gas plants. i) Liquefied natural gas (LNG) installations. j) Fuel gas piping in electric utility power plants. k) Proprietary items of equipment, apparatus, or instruments such as gas-generating sets, compressors, and calorimeters. l) LP-Gas equipment for vaporization, gas mixing, and gas manufacturing. m) LP-Gas piping for…

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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