G/TBT/N/UGA /1109  
4 September 2019  
(19-5680) 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  
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):  Hermetic 
grain silo; Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers for any material (other than 
compressed or liqu efied gas), of iron or steel, of a capacity exceeding 300 litres, whether 
or not lined or heat -insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment (HS 
7309); Storing. Warehousing (ICS 55.220)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the not ified document:  DUS EAS 
986:2019, Portable rigid plastic hermetic grain silo —Specification, First Edition (31 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft  Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
methods of sampling and test for portable  rigid plastic hermetic silos used for storage of 
dry food commodities, derived products and seeds where controlled conditions of moisture 
and oxygen is a requirement.  
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; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 1 663, Rigid cellular plastics — Determination of water vapour transmission 
properties  
2. ISO 4591, Plastics -- Film and sheeting -- Determination of average thickness of 
a sample, and average thickness and yield of a roll, by gravimetric techniques 
(gravimetric thickness)  
3. ISO 2556, Plastics -- Determination of the gas transmission rate of films and 
thin sheets under atmospheric pressure -- Manometric method  
4. ISO 1926, Rigid cellular plastics -- Determination of tensile properties  
5. ISO 8256, Plastics — Determination of tensile -impact strength  G/TBT/N/UGA/1109  
 
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  6. ISO 10193, General use light gauge metal containers -- Nominal filling volumes 
of round cylindrical and tapered containers of up to 40 000 m  
7. ISO 1183 -1, Plastics -- Methods for determining the density of non -cellula r 
plastics -- Part 1: Immersion method, liquid pyknometer method and titration 
method  
8. KS 2874:2019, Portable rigid plastic Hermetic grain silo —Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/UGA/19_4875_00_e.pdf