G/TBT/N/UGA/1258  
7 December 2020  
(20-8788) 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):  Laundry 
soap; Soap and organic surface -active products and preparations, in the form of bars, 
cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, 
coated or covered with soap or detergent (excl. those for toile t use, incl. medicated 
products) (HS 340119); Surface active agents (ICS 71.100.40)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  31:2020, Laundry soap — Specification, Second Edition (18 page(s), in English)  
6. Description  of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for two grades of laundry soaps. This standard covers two grades of 
laundry soap pure and built laundry soap in the form of cakes, tablets or bars, produced 
from vege table or animal oils or fats or a blend of all or part to these materials.  It does 
not cover any soap in which synthetic detergents have been added to enhance its 
performance.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
appli cable:  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  G/TBT/N/UGA/1258  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/358  
2. ISO 456, Surface -active agents — Determination of free caustic alkali  
3. ISO 457, Analysis of soap — Determination of chloride content  
4. ISO 672, Analysis of soap — Determination of moisture and volatile matter 
content  
5. ISO 673, Analysis of soap — Determination of ethanol insoluble matter  
6. ISO 684, Analysis of soap — Determination of total free alkali  
7. ISO 685, Analysis of soap — Determination of total alkali content and total fatty 
matter content  
8. ISO 862, Surface active agents — Vocabulary  
9. ISO 1067, Analysis of soap — Determination of unsaponifiable, unsaponified, and 
unsaponified saponifiable matter  
10. ISO 6839, Anionic surface active agents — Determination of solubility   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 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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