G/TBT/N/UGA/1120  
21 October 2019  
(19-6871) 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 [   ], 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):  
Preservative -Treated timber; Wo od in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or 
sapwood, or roughly squared (HS 4403); Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or 
peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end -jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm (HS 
4407); Wood, sawlogs and sawn timb er (ICS 79.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2026:2019, 
Preservative -Treated Timber, First Edition (22 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies treatment requirements for 
preservative -treated timber and timber products that have a predicted service life at 
various levels of preservative treatment which are considered to be acceptable for a range 
of hazard cond itions.  
This Draft Standard is not applicable to treatment with fire retardants or to treatments 
aimed at improving the physical properties of timber and timber products, nor does it 
cover the inherent quality of timber or timber products, or properties ot her than in respect 
of preservative treatment.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. SANS 12888, Preservative -treated timber  
2. DUS 1722, Eucalyptus poles, cross -arms and spacers for power distribution and 
telephone sys  
3. DUS 2020 Heartwood detection in timber of the Eucalyptus species  
4. DUS 2021, The preservative treatment of timber  
5. DUS 2084, Heartwood detection in timber of pinus species  
6. DUS 2018, Retention of preservative in timber (sample me thod).  G/TBT/N/UGA/1120  
 
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  7. DUS 2013, Retention of preservative in timber (volume method)  
8. DUS 2019, Retention of preservative in timber (weighbridge method).  
9. DUS 2016, Moisture content of timber (electric moisture meter method)  
10. DUS 2014, Moisture content of timber and timber products (oven dry method)  
11. DUS 2015, Moisture content of timber (extraction method)  
12. DUS 2017, Depth of penetration of preservative and detection and depth of 
sapwood in timber  
13. US EAS 323 Specification for wood preservation by means of pressure creosoting  
14. US EAS 324 Copper/chromium/arsenic compositions for the preservation of timber 
— Method for timber treatment.  
15. DUS 2039, Preparation of test specimens for moisture content determination in 
timber and timber products.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 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_5753_00_e.pdf