G/TBT/N/BDI/179  
G/TBT/N/RWA/570  
G/TBT/N/TZA/667  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1501  
22 November 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:  BURUNDI, 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@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 shal l be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 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):  Tarpaulin; 
(HS: 630619 ); (ICS: 59.080.40)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 
1073:2021, Tarpaulin for general use — Specification, First Edition (12 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description o f content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for tarpaulins used for general purposes. This standard does 
not apply to tarpaulins used for handling food products.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the n ature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 105 -B02, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B02: Colour fastness 
to artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp test  
2. ISO 105 -C10, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part C10: Colour fastness 
to washing with soap or soap and soda  
3. ISO 105 -X12, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part X12: Colour f astness 
to rubbing  G/TBT/N/BDI/179, G/TBT/N/RWA/570, G/TBT/N/TZA/667, G/TBT/N/UGA/1501  
 
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  4. ISO 176, Plastics — Determination of loss of plasticizers — Activated carbon 
method  
5. ISO 248 -1, Rubber, raw — Determination of volatile -matter content — Part 1: 
Hot-mill method and oven method  
6. ISO 811, Textiles — Determination of resistan ce to water penetration — 
Hydrostatic pressure test  
7. ISO 1420, Rubber - or plastics -coated fabrics — Determination of resistance to 
penetration by water  
8. ISO 1421, Rubber - or plastics -coated fabrics - Determination of tensile strength 
and elongation at break   
9. ISO 2411, Rubber - or plastics -coated fabrics — Determination of coating 
adhesion  
10. ISO 2286 -2, Rubber - or plastics -coated fabrics — Determination of roll 
characteristics — Part 2: Methods for determination of total mass per unit area, 
mass per unit area of coating and mass per unit area of substrate  
11. ISO 4674 -1, Rubber -or plastics -coated Fabrics -Determination of tear 
Resistance -Part 1: Constant rate of tear methods  
12. ISO 4675, Rubber - or plastics -coated fabrics — Low-temperature bend test  
13. ISO 4892 -3:2016, Plastics — Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources — 
Part 3: Fluorescent UV lamps  
14. ISO 5978, Rubber - or plastics -coated fabrics — Determination of blocking 
resistance  
15. ISO 6451, Plastics coated fabrics — Polyvinyl chloride coatings — Rapid method 
for checking fusion  
16. ISO 6964, Polyolefin pipes and fittings — Determination of carbon black content 
by calcination and pyrolysis — Test method  
17. ISO 7771, Textiles — Determination of dimensional changes of fabrics induced 
by cold -water immersio n 
18. ISO 7854, Rubber - or plastics -coated fabrics — Determination of resistance to 
damage by flexing  
19. ISO 8095:1990, PVC -coated fabrics for tarpaulins - Specification  
20. ISO 22198, Textiles — Fabrics — Determination of width and length  
21. ISO 22958, Textiles — Water  resistance — Rain tests: exposure to a horizontal 
water spray  
22. ISO 24153, Random sampling and randomization procedures    
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  G/TBT/N/BDI/179, G/TBT/N/RWA/570, G/TBT/N/TZA/667, G/TBT/N/UGA/1501  
 
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  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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