G/SPS/N/BDI/94  
G/SPS/N/KEN/269  
G/SPS/N/RWA/87  
G/SPS/N/TZA/343  
G/SPS/N/UGA/321  
6 May 2024  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken (HS code(s): 1206); Plant 
growing (ICS code(s): 65.020.20)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DEAS 823:2024, Sunflower seed — Requirements for 
certification, Second Edition . Langua ge(s):  English . Number of pages:  20 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/UGA/24_02935_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the certification 
requirements for the production of pre -basic, basic and certified seed of sunflower 
(Helianthus annuus  L.). It includes requirements for eligible varieties, field standards, field 
inspections, seed sampling, laboratory standards, certificates, packaging, labelling, and 
post-control tests.  
Note: This Draft East African Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the G/SPS/N/BDI/94 • G/SPS/N/KEN/269 • G/SPS/N/RWA/87 • G/SPS/N/TZA/343 • 
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  international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) Rules  
2. OECD Seed Schemes; Guidelines for Control Plot Tests and Field Inspection of Seed 
Crops  
3. OECD Schemes for Varietal Certification or the Control of Seed Moving in the 
International Trade  
4. UPOV Test guidelines for sunflower  
5. Kenya Gazette Supplement 217, Acts N 53, 2012, the Seed s and Plant Varieties Act. 
Nairobi Kenya  
6. Seed Regulations 2007, Seed Act N18, 2003 Republic of Tanzania  
7. Seeds and Plant Act of Uganda, 2006  
8. Rwanda Seed Law # 14/2003  
9. ASARECA , July 2007. Seed Certification Standards for ten crops of the Major Economic 
Importance in EAST Africa and Rwanda, Obongo Nyachae STAK  
10. ECAPAPA, ASARECA September 2002. Harmonization of Seed Policies and Regulations 
in Eastern Africa  
11. Kenya Seed Sector Base line Study, by Evans Olonyi Sikinyi, Seed Trade Association of 
Kenya, STAK, AFSTA 2010  
12. Rwanda Seed Sector Baseline Study, AFSTA 2010  
13. Uganda Seed Sector Baseline Study, Ruth N. Ssebuliba, Uganda Seed Trade 
Association (USTA). AFSTA 2010  
14. Burundi Seed Sector Baseline Study, Mr Juvent Baramburiye, AFSTA 2010  
15. CABI, 2013. Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, U nited Kingdom : 
CAB International. http://www.cabi.org/cpc  
16. UPOV Convention Act 1991 
17. International Plant Protection Convention of 1951  
18. The seeds and plants regulations for Uganda 2011  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 5 July 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
availa ble) 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  G/SPS/N/BDI/94  • G/SPS/N/KEN/269 • G/SPS/N/RWA/87  • G/SPS/N/TZA/343 • 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (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