G/TBT/N/UGA/1605  
21 June 2022  
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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 different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Copper 
ores and concentrates. (HS code(s): 2603); Copper and copper alloys (ICS code(s): 
77.120.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2600:2022, 
Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper Alloys, First Edition; (48 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  These test methods cover the chemical ana lysis of copper alloys 
having chemical ranges within the following limits:  
Element Composition, %  
Aluminum 12.0 max  
Antimony 1.0 max  
Arsenic 1.0 max  
Cadmium 1.5 max  
Cobalt 1.0 max  
Copper 40.0 min  
Iron 6.0 max  
Lead 27.0 max  G/TBT/N/UGA/1605  
 
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  Manganese 6.0 max  
Nickel 50.0 max  
Phosphorus 1.0 max  
Silicon 5.0 max  
Sulfur 0.1 max  
Tin 20.0 max  
Zinc 50.0 max  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety; Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating 
trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance 
with Specifications  
2. E50 Practices for Apparatus, Reagents, and S afety Considerations for Chemical 
Analysis of Metals, Ores, and Related Materials  
3. E60 Practice for Analysis of Metals, Ores, and Related Materials by 
Spectrophotometry  
4. E135 Terminology Relating to Analytical Chemistry for Metals, Ores, and Related 
Materials  
5. E173 Practice for Conducting Interlaboratory Studies of Methods for Chemical 
Analysis of Metals (Withdrawn 1998)4  
6. E255 Practice for Sampling Copper and Copper Alloys for the Determination of 
Chemical Composition  
7. E1601 Practice for Conducting an I nterlaboratory Study to Evaluate the 
Performance of an Analytical Method  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable  
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 63 29 
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