G/TBT/N/UGA/1188  
21 February 2020  
(20-1349) 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: http://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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Stainless 
steel tanks; Of stainless steel (HS:720421); Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers 
for any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel, of a capacity 
exceeding 300 litres, whether or not lined or heat -insulated, but not fit ted with mechanical 
or thermal equipment. (HS:7309); Other (HS:731029); Stainless steels (ICS:77.140.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  783:2019, Stainless steel tanks ― Specification, Second Edition (19 page( s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies constructional 
requirements, sampling and test methods for non -pressurized stainless steel storage 
tanks for food related items.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/386  
2. Henkel and Pense, 2002, Structure and properties of engineering materials, fifth 
edition, published by McGraw – Hill, New York  G/TBT/N/UGA/1188  
 
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  3. ASTM A 240/A 240M -07, Standard specification for chromium and chromium -nickel 
stainless steel plate, sheet, and strip for pressure vessels and for general 
applications  
4. ISO 6892 -1, Metallic materials — Tensile strength test  
5. ISO 3651 -1:1998 Determination of resistance to intergranular corrosion of stainless 
steels — Part 1: Austenitic and ferr itic-austenitic (duplex) stainless steels — 
Corrosion test in nitric acid medium by measurement of loss in mass (Huey test)  
6. ISO 3651 -2, Determination of resistance to intergranular corrosion of stainless steels 
— Part 2: Ferritic,austenitic and ferritic -austenitic (duplex) stainless steels — 
Corrosion test in media containing sulfuric acid  
7. ISO 9328 -7, Steel flat products for pressure purposes — Technical delivery 
conditions — Part 7: Stainless steels  
8. ISO 16143 -1, Stainless  steels for general purposes — Part 1: Corrosion -resistant flat 
products  
9. SANS 906:2006, Stainless steel wash -hand basins Published by South Africa Bureau 
of Standard  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 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: http://www.unbs.go.ug  
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