G/TBT/N/UGA/1383  
3 September 2021  
(21-6604) 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 -
4:2021, Skin applied mosquito repellents — Specification — Part 4: Bathing soaps, First 
Edition (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and meth ods of test for skin applied mosquito repellents in form of bathing 
soaps 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 decep tive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 862, Surface active agents — Vocabulary  
2. US EAS 877, Bathing bar — Specification  
3. US EAS 377 (all parts), Cosmetics and cosmetic products  
4. CIPAC 740, Determination of picaridin  G/TBT/N/UGA/1383  
 
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  5. CIPAC 667, Determination of ethyl butylacetamidopropionate  
6. US ISO 685, Analysis of Soaps — Determination of total alkali content and total 
fatty matter content  
7. US ISO 456, Surface -active agents — Determination of free caustic alkali  
8. US EAS 814, Determination of biodegradability of surfactants — Test method  
9. DUS 2373 -1, Mosquito repellents ― Performance test guidelines ― Part 1: Skin 
applied repellents  
10. US ISO 24153, Random sampling and randomization procedures  
11. DRS 392 -4: 2018, Skin applied mosquito repellents — Specification — Part 4: 
Bathing Soaps  
12. 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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