G/TBT/N/UGA/1284  
8 March 2021  
(21-1915) 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 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):  - 
Superphosphates : (HS 31031); Fertilizers (ICS 65.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS ARS 
1482:2021, Granulated superphosphate fertilizers — Specification, First Edition (18 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
method and test methods for granulated superphosphate fertilizers.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer informati on, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 993.31, Phosphorus (available) in fertilizers — Direct extraction method  
2. AOAC 2006.03, Arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, lead, molybdenum, nickel, 
and selenium in fertilizers — Microwave digestion and inductively coupled 
plasma -optical emission spec trometry  
3. EN 12048, Solid fertilizers and liming materials — Determination of moisture 
content — Gravimetric method by drying at 105±2 °C  
4. ISO 5316, Fertilizers — Extraction of water -soluble phosphates  G/TBT/N/UGA/1284  
 
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  5. ISO 7409, Fertilizers — Marking — Presentation and decla rations  
6. ISO 8157, Fertilizers and soil conditioners — Vocabulary  
7. ISO 8189, Solid fertilizers — Determination of moisture content — Gravimetric 
method by drying under reduced pressure  
8. ISO 8397, Solid fertilizers and soil conditioners — Test sieving  
9. ISO 1482 0-1, Fertilizers and liming materials — Sampling and sample 
preparation — Part 1: Sampling  
10. ISO 14820 -2, Fertilizers and liming materials — Sampling and sample 
preparation — Part 2: Sample preparation  
11. ISO 17318, Fertilizers and soil conditioners — Determination of arsenic, 
cadmium, chromium, lead and mercury content  
12. KS 46:2011, Granulated superphosphate fertilizer — Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 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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