G/TBT/N/UGA/1275  
18 December 2020  
(20-9177) 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 [   ], 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):  Mascara; 
Eye make -up preparations (HS 330420); Cosmetics. Toiletries (ICS 71.100.70)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notifie d document:  DUS 2286:2020, 
Mascara — Specification, First Edition (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for mascara.  
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. ISO 16212, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Enumeration of yeast and mould  
2. US EAS 346, Labelling of cosmetics — General requirements  
3. US EAS 377 (all parts), Cosmetics and cosmetic products  
4. US EAS 846, Glossary of terms relating to the cosmetic industry  
5. US EAS 847 -16, Oils for cosmetic  industry —Methods of test — Part 16: 
Determination of heavy metal content  
6. US EAS 847 -17: 2017, Cosmetics — Analytical methods — Part 17: Determination 
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  7. US EAS 847 -18, Cosmetics — Analytical methods — Part 18: Determination of 
thermal stability  
8. US ISO  18416, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Candida albicans  
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 24153, Random sampling and randomization procedures  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  February 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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