G/TBT/N/BDI/344 , G/TBT/N/KEN/1412  
G/TBT/N/RWA/851 , G/TBT/N/TZA/934  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1760  
11 April 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, 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@u nbs.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 [  ], 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):  ARTICLES 
OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES, NOT KNITTED OR CROCHETED (HS code(s): 
62); Clothes ( ICS code(s): 61.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1141 -1: 
2023, Textile garments — Specification — Part 1: General requirements, First Edition; (12 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Eas t African Standard specifies general requirements, 
sampling and test methods for garments, whether made of textile, plastic -coated fabric, 
fur or any combination of these materials. This draft standard does not apply to personal 
protective wear.  
NOTE: Where provisions are specified in the specific parts of DEAS 1141 or any other 
relevant East African Standard, these shall supersede the requirements in this Draft East 
African Standard.  
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; 
Harmonization  G/TBT/N/BDI/344, G/TBT/N/KEN/1412, G/TBT/N/RWA/851, G/TBT/N/T ZA/934, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1760  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. EAS 223, Zippers — Specification  
2. ISO 1833 (all parts), Textiles — Binary fibre mixtures — Quantitative chemical 
analysis  
3. ISO 2859 -1, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes — Part 1: Sampling 
schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot inspection  
4. ISO 3801, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length and 
mass per unit area  
5. ISO 9073 -1, Textiles — Test methods for nonwovens — Part 1: Determination of 
mass per unit area  
6. ISO 14362 -1, Textiles — Methods for determination of certain aromatic amines 
derive d from azo colorants — Part 1: Detection of the use of certain azo colorants 
accessible with and without extracting the fibres  
7. ISO 14362 -3, Textiles — Methods for determination of certain aromatic amines 
derived from azo colorants — Part 3: Detection of th e use of certain azo colorants, 
which may release 4 -aminoazobenzene  
8. ISO 14389, Textiles — Determination of the phthalate content — Tetrahydrofuran 
method  
9. ISO 16373 -1, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 1: General principles of testing coloured 
textiles for dyestuff identification  
10. ISO 16373 -2, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 2: General method for the 
determination of extractable dyestuffs including allergenic and carcinogenic 
dyestuffs (method using pyridine -water)  
11. ISO 16373 -3, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 3: Meth od for determination of certain 
carcinogenic dyestuffs (method using triethylamine/methanol)  
12. US 1970 -1: 2021, Textile garments — Specification — Part 1: General 
requirements  
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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