Distribution date: 30 May 2023 | Final date for Comment: 29 July 2023

This Draft East African Standard specifies performance requirements of four classes of lubricating grease, namely industrial non-extreme pressure, industrial high-performance extreme pressure, automotive non[1]extreme pressure, and automotive and multi-purpose extreme pressure, each in four consistency grades, and all of which can contain suspended solid lubricants.

Products Covered: Liquid fuels (ICS code(s): 75.160.20)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 30 May 2023 | Final date for Comment: 29 July 2023

This Draft East African Standard specifies performance requirements of four classes of lubricating grease, namely industrial non-extreme pressure, industrial high-performance extreme pressure, automotive non[1]extreme pressure, and automotive and multi-purpose extreme pressure, each in four consistency grades, and all of which can contain suspended solid lubricants.

Products Covered: Liquid fuels (ICS code(s): 75.160.20)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 30 May 2023 | Final date for Comment: 29 July 2023

This Draft East African Standard specifies performance requirements of four classes of lubricating grease, namely industrial non-extreme pressure, industrial high-performance extreme pressure, automotive non[1]extreme pressure, and automotive and multi-purpose extreme pressure, each in four consistency grades, and all of which can contain suspended solid lubricants.

Products Covered: Liquid fuels (ICS code(s): 75.160.20)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 30 May 2023 | Final date for Comment: 29 July 2023

This Draft East African Standard specifies performance requirements of four classes of lubricating grease, namely industrial non-extreme pressure, industrial high-performance extreme pressure, automotive non[1]extreme pressure, and automotive and multi-purpose extreme pressure, each in four consistency grades, and all of which can contain suspended solid lubricants.

Products Covered: Liquid fuels (ICS code(s): 75.160.20)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 31 May 2023 | Final date for Comment: 30 July 2023

This Draft  East African Standard gives guidance on the general procedures to be followed in the sampling and preparation for analysis of preservatives and preservative-treated timber. No attempt has been made here to define rigidly any detailed methodology to be followed in operations in these areas because this can depend upon the nature of the preservative, the method of treatment, and the particular requirements of relevant approval authorities. This Draft East African Standard is applicable to the provision of appropriate samples for analysis which may be used to check the content of active components in preservative formulations, and to determine the identity, location and concentration of preservatives in treated timber. The techniques described may be employed in a wide variety of applications ranging from laboratory research through to the checking of preservatives or preservative-treated timber for arbitration purposes. In most cases it is possible, by chemical analysis, to determine whether or not a sample of timber has received a preservative treatment and the results can often give an indication of the type of treatment the wood has received when due consideration is given to other relevant factors, such as timber species and heartwood/ sapwood ratio, in the samples under test.

Products Covered: - Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives: (HS code(s): 44031); Wood-protecting chemicals (ICS code(s): 71.100.50)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 31 May 2023 | Final date for Comment: 30 July 2023

This Draft  East African Standard gives guidance on the general procedures to be followed in the sampling and preparation for analysis of preservatives and preservative-treated timber. No attempt has been made here to define rigidly any detailed methodology to be followed in operations in these areas because this can depend upon the nature of the preservative, the method of treatment, and the particular requirements of relevant approval authorities. This Draft East African Standard is applicable to the provision of appropriate samples for analysis which may be used to check the content of active components in preservative formulations, and to determine the identity, location and concentration of preservatives in treated timber. The techniques described may be employed in a wide variety of applications ranging from laboratory research through to the checking of preservatives or preservative-treated timber for arbitration purposes. In most cases it is possible, by chemical analysis, to determine whether or not a sample of timber has received a preservative treatment and the results can often give an indication of the type of treatment the wood has received when due consideration is given to other relevant factors, such as timber species and heartwood/ sapwood ratio, in the samples under test.

Products Covered: - Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives: (HS code(s): 44031); Wood-protecting chemicals (ICS code(s): 71.100.50)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 31 May 2023 | Final date for Comment: 30 July 2023

This Draft  East African Standard gives guidance on the general procedures to be followed in the sampling and preparation for analysis of preservatives and preservative-treated timber. No attempt has been made here to define rigidly any detailed methodology to be followed in operations in these areas because this can depend upon the nature of the preservative, the method of treatment, and the particular requirements of relevant approval authorities. This Draft East African Standard is applicable to the provision of appropriate samples for analysis which may be used to check the content of active components in preservative formulations, and to determine the identity, location and concentration of preservatives in treated timber. The techniques described may be employed in a wide variety of applications ranging from laboratory research through to the checking of preservatives or preservative-treated timber for arbitration purposes. In most cases it is possible, by chemical analysis, to determine whether or not a sample of timber has received a preservative treatment and the results can often give an indication of the type of treatment the wood has received when due consideration is given to other relevant factors, such as timber species and heartwood/ sapwood ratio, in the samples under test.

Products Covered: - Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives: (HS code(s): 44031); Wood-protecting chemicals (ICS code(s): 71.100.50)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 31 May 2023 | Final date for Comment: 30 July 2023

This Draft  East African Standard gives guidance on the general procedures to be followed in the sampling and preparation for analysis of preservatives and preservative-treated timber. No attempt has been made here to define rigidly any detailed methodology to be followed in operations in these areas because this can depend upon the nature of the preservative, the method of treatment, and the particular requirements of relevant approval authorities. This Draft East African Standard is applicable to the provision of appropriate samples for analysis which may be used to check the content of active components in preservative formulations, and to determine the identity, location and concentration of preservatives in treated timber. The techniques described may be employed in a wide variety of applications ranging from laboratory research through to the checking of preservatives or preservative-treated timber for arbitration purposes. In most cases it is possible, by chemical analysis, to determine whether or not a sample of timber has received a preservative treatment and the results can often give an indication of the type of treatment the wood has received when due consideration is given to other relevant factors, such as timber species and heartwood/ sapwood ratio, in the samples under test.

Products Covered: - Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives: (HS code(s): 44031); Wood-protecting chemicals (ICS code(s): 71.100.50)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 31 May 2023 | Final date for Comment: 30 July 2023

This Draft  East African Standard gives guidance on the general procedures to be followed in the sampling and preparation for analysis of preservatives and preservative-treated timber. No attempt has been made here to define rigidly any detailed methodology to be followed in operations in these areas because this can depend upon the nature of the preservative, the method of treatment, and the particular requirements of relevant approval authorities. This Draft East African Standard is applicable to the provision of appropriate samples for analysis which may be used to check the content of active components in preservative formulations, and to determine the identity, location and concentration of preservatives in treated timber. The techniques described may be employed in a wide variety of applications ranging from laboratory research through to the checking of preservatives or preservative-treated timber for arbitration purposes. In most cases it is possible, by chemical analysis, to determine whether or not a sample of timber has received a preservative treatment and the results can often give an indication of the type of treatment the wood has received when due consideration is given to other relevant factors, such as timber species and heartwood/ sapwood ratio, in the samples under test.

Products Covered: - Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives: (HS code(s): 44031); Wood-protecting chemicals (ICS code(s): 71.100.50)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 31 May 2023 | Final date for Comment: 30 July 2023

Proposal of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical:Pesticide: Picarbutrazox.

Products Covered: ・Natural honey (HS code: 04.09)・Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS codes: 07.02, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.06, 07.07, 07.09, 07.10 and 07.14)・Edible fruit and nuts, peel of citrus fruit (HS codes: 08.05, 08.07, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.14)・Spices (HS codes: 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10)・Cereals (HS code: 10.06)・Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit (HS codes: 12.07 and 12.12)

Regulation Type: Regular notification