G/TBT/N/UGA/1189  
21 February 2020  
(20-1350) 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: http://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 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):  Aluminium -
zinc coated plain steel sheets, aluminium -zinc coated corrugated steel sheets; Iron and 
steel (HS 72);  Flat-rolled products of iron or non -alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or 
more, clad, plated or coated. (HS:7210);  Iron and steel products in g eneral 
(ICS 77.140.01)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  410:2019, Hot -dip Aluminium -zinc coated plain and corrugated steel sheets 
Specification, First Edition (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for continuous hot -dip Aluminium -Zinc (AZ) coated plain and corrugated 
steel sheets for roofing, cladding, fencing, fabrication and general use.  
This standard does not cover the special purpose profiles. The Aluminium -Zinc alloy 
composition by mass is nominally 55% Aluminium, 1.6% Silicon and balance Zinc.  The 
product is intended for applications where the corrosion characteristics of Aluminium 
coupled with those of Zinc are most desired.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/UGA/1189  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• ISO 2566-2:1984 Steel — Conversion of elongation values — Part 2: Austenitic 
steels  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 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:   
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: http://www .unbs.go.ug  
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