G/TBT/N/UGA/1382  
3 September 2021  
(21-6603) 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 
repellents; 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) of the notified document:  DUS 2296 -
3:2021, Skin applied mosquito repellents — Specification — Part 3: Wipes, First Edition 
(24 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and methods of t est for skin applied mosquito repellents prepared as wipes 
meant to be applied directly to the skin.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. CIPAC 740, Determination of picaridin  
2. CIPAC 667, Determination of ethyl butylacetamidopropionate  
3. US ISO 1833 -1, Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis — Part 1: General 
principles of testing  
4. US ISO 139, Textiles — Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing  G/TBT/N/UGA/1382  
 
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  5. US ISO 9073 -1, Test methods for nonwovens —Part1: Determination of mass 
per unit area  
6. ISO 9073 -18, Test methods for nonwovens — Part 18: Determination of 
breaking strength and elongation of nonwoven materials using the grab tensile 
test 
7. US ISO 3071, Textile materials; Method for determination of pH value of 
aqueous extracts  
8. ISO 20743, Textiles — Determination of antibacterial act ivity of textile products  
9. US ISO 21149, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Enumeration and detection of 
aerobic mesophilic bacteria  
10. US ISO 22717, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Pseudomonas 
aeruginosa  
11. US ISO 22718, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Staphylococcus aureus  
12. US ISO 18416, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Candida albicans  
13. ISO 21150, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Escherichia coli  
14. US EAS 96, Sanitary towels — Specification  
15. US EAS 846: 2017, Glossary of terms rel ating to the cosmetic industry  
16. DUS 2373 -1, Mosquito repellents ― Performance test guidelines ― Part 1: Skin 
applied repellents  
17. US ISO 2859 -1, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes — Part 1: 
Sampling plans indexed by Quality Level (AQL) for Lot -By-Lot Inspection  
18. DRS 392 -3: 2018, Skin applied mosquito repellents — Specification — Part 3: 
Wipes  
19. 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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