G/TBT/N/BDI/413, G/TBT/N/KEN/1518  
G/TBT/N/RWA/948, G/TBT/N/TZA/1048  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1863  
4 December 2023  
(23-8223) 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@unb s.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 different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Trousers, 
bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: (HS code(s): 62034); Clothes (ICS code(s): 
61.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1141 -
7:2023, Textile garments — Specification — Part 7: Trousers and shorts, First Edition; 
(12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standa rd specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for trousers and shorts worn by women, men and children. 
This standard does not cover school clothing trousers and shorts.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements; Harmonization  G/TBT/N/BDI/413 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1518 • G/TBT/N/RWA/948 • G/TBT/N/TZA/1048 • 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. DEAS 1141 -1, Textile garments — Specification — Part 1: General requirements  
2. ISO 2859 -1, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes — Part 1: Sa mpling 
schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot inspection  
3. ISO 12947 -2, Textiles — Determination of the abrasion resistance of fabrics by 
the Martindale method — Part 2: Determination of specimen breakdown  
4. ISO 13934 -1, Textiles — Tensile properties of fabrics — Part 1: Determination of 
maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the strip method  
5. ISO 13934 -2, Textiles — Tensile properties of fabrics — Part 2: Determination of 
maximum force using the grab method  
6. ISO 13937 -1, Textiles — Tear properties of fabrics — Part 1: Determination of 
tear force using ballistic pendulum method (Elmendorf)  
7. ISO 13937 -4, Textiles — Tear properties of fabrics — Part 4: Determination of 
tear force of tongue -shaped test specimens (Dou ble tear test)  
8. ISO 13938 -2, Textiles — Bursting properties of fabrics — Part 2: Pneumatic 
method for determination of bursting strength and bursting distension  
9. ISO 18890, Clothing — Standard method of garment measurement  
10. US 1970 -3: 2021, Textile garments — Specification — Part 3: Trousers and shorts  
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 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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