G/TBT/N/BDI/207  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1203  
G/TBT/N/RWA/598  
G/TBT/N/TZA/698  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1538  
7 January 2022  
(22-0197) 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:  BURUNDI, KENYA, 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@u nbs.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 notificati on 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):  Cobweb 
duster; Mops and leather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; 
squeegees of rubber or other flexible materials; brooms and brushes, n.e.s (HS 960390); 
Other rubber and plastics products (ICS 83.140 .99) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 
1084:2021, Cobweb duster — Specification, First Edition (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
methods  of sampling and test for cobweb dusters used for removing cobwebs on ceilings 
and part of the walls that are not easily reached by human hands  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, lab elling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/BDI/207, G/TBT/N/KEN/1203, G/TBT/N/RWA/598, G/TBT/N/TZA/698, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1538  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. IS 4301:1999, Brushes — brushes foundry flat  
2. IS 11750:1986, Brushes — Fitch flat with long handle  
3. ISO 13061 -1, Physical and mechanical properties of wood — Test methods for 
small clear wood specimens — Part 1: Determination of moisture content for 
physical an d mechanical test  
4. US 2228:2021, Cob web duster ─ 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 63 29 
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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