G/TBT/N/UGA/1380  
3 September 2021  
(21-6597) 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: 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 shall be indicated if dif ferent 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):  Mosquito 
repellent; Insecticides, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or 
articles (excl. goods of subheadings 3808.52 to 3808.69) (HS 380891); Insecticides (ICS 
65.100.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) o f the notified document:  DUS 2296 -
1:2021, Skin applied mosquito repellents — Specification —Part 1: Lotions, creams, gels 
and ointments, First Edition (20 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirement s, 
sampling and test methods for skin applied mosquito repellents in form of lotions, creams, 
gels and ointments.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptiv e practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. US ISO 18416:2015, Cosmetics — microbiology — detection of candida albicans  
2. US ISO 22717:2015, Cosmetics — microbiology — detection of pseudomonas 
aeruginosa  
3. US ISO 22718:2015, Cosmetics — microbiology — detection of staphylococcus 
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  4. US EAS 346, Labelling of cosmetic products — General requirements  
5. US EAS 377 (all parts), Cosmetics and cosmetic products  
6. US EAS 846, Gloss ary of terms relating to the cosmetic industry  
7. US EAS 847 -16, Cosmetics —Analytical methods —Part 16: Determination of 
heavy metal content  
8. US EAS 847 -17, Cosmetics —Analytical methods —Part 17: Physio -chemical test  
9. US ISO 24153, Random sampling and randomi zation procedures  
10. US ISO 21149, Cosmetics ― Microbiology ― Enumeration and detection of 
aerobic mesophilic bacteria  
11. DUS 2373 -1, Mosquito repellents ― Performance test guidelines ― Part 1: Skin 
applied repellents  
12. Product Performance Test Guidelines. OPPTS 810.3700: Insect Repellents to be 
applied to human Skin  
13. RS 392 -1: 2018, Skin applied mosquito repellents — Specification — Part 1: 
Lotions, creams, gels and ointments  
14. US EAS 786:2013, Skin care creams, lotions and gels — Specification  
15. RS 191: 2019, Refined pyrethrum concentrate — Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2021  
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: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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