G/TBT/N/UGA/1101  
8 July 2019  
(19-4528) 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  
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 from 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):  Hydraulic 
road binders; Quicklime, slaked lime and hydrauli c lime, other than calcium oxide and 
hydroxide of heading 28.25 (HS 2522); Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, 
supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the 
form of clinkers (HS 2523); Cement. Gypsum. Lim e. Mortar (ICS 91.100.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  981:2019, Hydraulic road binders ― Composition, specifications and conformity 
criteria, First Edition. (20 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of co ntent:  This Draft Uganda Standard applies to hydraulic road binders 
produced in a factory and supplied ready for use in road bases, sub -bases, capping layers, 
and soil stabilization or soil improvement.  It specifies the mechanical, physical and 
chemical re quirements for hydraulic road binders, together with the conformity criteria 
and evaluation procedures to be applied by the manufacturer.  
The stabilized road bases, sub -bases, capping layers, and soil stabilization or soil 
improvement by application of thi s hydraulic road binder shall comply with the 
requirements of BS 1924 -1 Stabilized materials for civil engineering purposes ― 
Part 1: General requirements, sampling, sample preparation and tests on materials 
before stabilization and BS 1924 -2 Stabilized m aterials for civil engineering purposes ― 
Part 2: Methods of tests for cement -stabilized and lime –stabilized materials.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/UGA/1101  
 
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  8. Releva nt documents:   
1. DD ENV 13282:2000, Hydraulic road binders ― Composition, specification and 
conformity criteria  
2. EAS 18 -1 Cement ― Part 1: Composition, specification and conformity criteria for 
common cements  
3. EAS 18 -2 Cement ― Part 2: Conformity evaluation  
4. EAS 148 -1 Methods of testing cement ― Part 1: Determination of strength  
5. EAS 148 -2 Methods of testing cement ― Part 2: Chemical analysis of cement  
6. EAS 148 -3 Methods of testing cement ― Part 3: Determination of setting time 
and soundness  
7. EAS 148 -4 Methods of t esting cement ― Part 4: Determination of the chloride, 
carbon dioxide and alkali content of cement  
8. EAS 148 -5 Methods of testing cement ― Part 5: Pozzolanicity test for pozzolanic 
cements  
9. EAS 148 -6 Methods of testing cement ― Part 6: Determination of fineness  
10. EAS 148 -7 Methods of testing cement ― Part 7: Methods of taking and preparing 
samples of cement  
11. EN 413 -1 Masonry cement ― Part1: Specification  
12. EN 459 -1 Building lime ― Part 1: Definitions specification and conformity criteria  
13. EN 459 -2 Building lim e ― Part 2: Test methods  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 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:   
https://members.wto.org/cr nattachments/2019/TBT/UGA/19_3793_00_e.pdf