G/TBT/N/UGA/1583  
5 May 2022  
(22-3519) 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 from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Textile 
fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of a kind used for the outer covers of 
books, t he manufacture of boxes and articles of cardboard or the like; tracing cloth; 
prepared painting canvas; buckram and similar stiffened textile fabrics of a kind used for 
hat foundations (excl. plastic -coated textile fabrics) (HS code(s): 5901); Textile fabr ics 
(ICS code(s): 59.080.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2480:2022, 
Textiles — Canvas — Specification, First Edition; (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies req uirements, sampling 
and test methods for canvas fabrics. This Standard is not applicable to canvas fabric used 
in making tents and tarpaulins, of which there are more specific Standards.  
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; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. US ISO 105 -B02, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B02: Colour fastness 
to artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp test  
2. US ISO 105 -C10, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part C10: Colour fastness 
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  3. US ISO 105 -X12, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part X12: Colour fastness 
to rubbing  
4. US ISO 1833 (all parts), Textiles — Binary fibre mixtures — Quantitative chemical 
analysis  
5. US ISO 2859 -1, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes — Part 1: 
Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit ( AQL) for lot -by-lot 
inspection  
6. US ISO 3071, Textiles — Determination of pH of aqueous extract  
7. US ISO 3801, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length 
and mass per unit area  
8. US ISO 5077, Textiles — Determination of dimensional change i n washing and 
drying  
9. US ISO 6330, Textiles — Domestic washing and drying procedures for textile 
testing  
10. US ISO 13934 -1, Textiles — Tensile properties of fabrics — Part 1: Determination 
of maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the strip method  
11. US ISO 13937 -1, Textiles — Tear properties of fabrics — Part 1: Determination 
of tear force using ballistic pendulum method (Elmendorf)  
12. US ISO 22198, Textiles — Fabrics — Determination of width and length  
13. ISO 14362 -1, Textiles — Methods for determination of certain aromatic amines 
derived from azo colorants — Part 1: Detection of the use of certain azo colorants 
accessible with and without extracting the fibres  
14. ISO 14362 -3, Textiles — Methods for determination of certain aromatic amines 
derived from azo co lorants — Part 3: Detection of the use of certain azo colorants, 
which may release 4 -aminoazobenzene  
15. ISO 16373 -1, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 1: General principles of testing coloured 
textiles for dyestuff identification  
16. ISO 16373 -2, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 2: General method for the 
determination of extractable dyestuffs including allergenic and carcinogenic 
dyestuffs (method using pyridine -water)  
17. ISO 16373 -3, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 3: Method for determination of certain 
carcinogenic dyestuffs (met hod using triethylamine/methanol)  
18. EAS 256, Textiles — Method for determination of scouring loss in grey and finished 
cotton materials  
19. IS 6803 (1972): Special Proofed Canvas and Duck [PCD 13: Rubber and Rubber 
Products]  
20. IS 1422:1983, Cotton duck  
21. IS 1424 (19 83): Cotton canvas  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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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