G/TBT/N/UGA/1216  
7 July 2020  
(20-4647) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UGANDA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different fr om above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Hot-rolled  steel sheet; Flat -rolled products of alloy steel other than stainless, of a width 
of >= 600  mm, hot -rolled or cold -rolled "cold -reduced" (HS 7225); Other iron and steel 
products (ICS 77.140.99)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified doc ument:  
US EAS 415:2020, Hot -rolled steel sheet of high yield stress structural quality, First 
Edition. (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Uganda Standard applies to hot -rolled steel sheet of high 
yield stress structural quality in th e grades and classes listed in Tables 1 and 2, with the 
use of microalloying elements. The product is intended for structural purposes where 
particular mechanical properties are required. It is generally used in the delivered 
condition and is intended for bolted, riveted or welded structures. This Uganda Standard 
does not cover steel intended for boilers or pressure vessels, steels designated as 
commercial quality or drawing qualities (ISO 3573, Hot -rolled carbon steel sheet of 
commercial and drawing qualit ies), steels to be rerolled to cold -reducing products, steels 
designated as weathering steels, having increased atmospheric corrosion resistance or 
steels having improved formability properties compared with those in this document.  
7. Objective and ration ale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/UGA/1216  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• ISO 6892:1998, Metallic materials — Tensile testing at ambient temperature.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  October 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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