G/TBT/N/BDI/193  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1174  
G/TBT/N/RWA/584  
G/TBT/N/TZA/681  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1523  
14 December 2021  
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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:  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@u nbs.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 notificati on shall be indicated if different 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):  Crepe 
bandages; (HS: 300590); Textile fabrics (ICS 59.080.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 229:2021, 
Crepe bandages — Specification, Second Edition (18 page(s), in English)  
6. Descr iption of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for crepe bandages.  
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; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ASTM D 2255, Standard Test Method for Grading Spun Yarns for Appearance   
2. ISO 139, Textiles — Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing EAS 
155-1, Cotton yarns — Code of practice for the grading of spun yarns — Part 1: 
Grading by appearance     
3. ISO 3071, Textiles — Determination of pH of aqueous extract   G/TBT/N/BDI/193, G/TBT/N/KEN/1174, G/TBT/N/RWA/584, G/TBT/N/TZA/681, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1523  
 
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  4. ISO 3 801, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length 
and mass per unit area    
5. ISO 8498, Woven fabrics — Description of defects — Vocabulary EAS 237, 
Methods for determination of colourfastness of textile materials to washing    
6. ISO 8499, Kn itted fabrics — Description of defects — Vocabulary  
7. EAS 229:2001, Crepe bandages — Specification   
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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