G/TBT/N/UGA/1364  
10 August 2021  
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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:  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 dif ferent 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):  
Polyethylene water storage tank; Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, of 
plastics, with a capacity of > 300 l (HS 392510); Stationary containers and tanks (ICS 
23.020.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified do cument:  DUS 1560:2020, 
Moulded polyethylene water storage tank — Specification, Second Edition (28 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Working Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements 
and methods of sampling and test for moulded p olyethylene water storage tanks (closed 
and open top tank).  This draft standard is not applicable to underground tanks, mobile 
water tanks and horizontal cylindrical water tanks.  
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. ISO 18872, Plastics — Determination of tensile properties at high strain rates  
2. ISO 6964, Polyolefin pipes and fittings — Determination of carbon black content 
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  3. ISO 18553, Method for the assessment of the degree of pigment or carbon black 
dispersion in polyolefin pipes, fittings a nd compounds  
4. US ISO 1209 -1, Rigid cellular plastics — Determination of flexural properties — 
Part 1: Basic bending test  
5. US ISO 1209 -2, Rigid cellular plastics — Determination of flexural properties — 
Part 2: Determination of flexural strength and apparent flexural modulus of 
elasticity  
6. BS EN 13575:2012, Static thermoplastic tanks for the above ground storage of 
chemicals — Blow moulded or rotationally moulded polyethylene tanks — 
Requirements and test methods  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  October 2021  
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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