G/TBT/N/BDI/175  
G/TBT/N/RWA/566  
G/TBT/N/TZA/663  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1497  
4 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 [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):  Medical 
cotton swabs; Wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, 
poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail 
sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterin ary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and 
other articles having an adhesive layer) (HS 300590); Surgical instruments and materials 
(ICS 11.040.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 
1070:2021, Medical cotton swabs — Specification, First Edition. (18 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for medical cotton swabs. This standard does not apply to 
flocked swabs for clinical use.  
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; Re ducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. EAS 104, Alcoholic beverages — Method of sampling and test  
2. ISO 1833 -11, Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis — Part 11: Mixtures of 
certain cellulose fibres with certain other fibres (method using sulfuric acid)  G/TBT/N/BDI/175, G/TBT/N/RWA/566, G/TBT/N/TZA/663, G/TBT/N/UGA/1497  
 
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  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 3071, Textiles — Determination of pH of aqueous extract  
5. KS 2556: 2018, Impregnated cotton swabs — Specification  
6. US 2276: 2021, Medical cotton swabs — Specification  
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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