G/TBT/N/UGA/1295  
13 April 2021  
(21-3055) 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):  
(HS: 481820); Tissue paper (ICS 85.080.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 1050, 
Kitchen paper towel — Specification, First Edition (19 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft U ganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for kitchen paper towels supplied in rolls and sheets used for 
hygiene and cleaning purposes in the kitchen.  
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  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. KS 2663:2017, Paper kitchen towel — Specification  
2. EAS 880, Waxed paper for packaging of confectionery —Specification (1st Edition)  
3. EAS 933, Paper and board intended to come into contact with foodstuffs — 
Determination of formaldehyde in an aqueous extract (1st Edition)  
4. ISO 186, Paper and bo ard — Sampling to determine average quality  G/TBT/N/UGA/1295  
 
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  5. ISO 287, Paper and board — Determination of moisture content of a lot — 
Oven-drying method  
6. ISO 2470 -1, Paper, board and pulps — Measurement of diffuse blue reflectance 
factor — Part 1: Indoor daylight conditions  (ISO brightness ) 
7. ISO 6588 -2, Paper, board and pulps — Determination of pH of aqueous extracts 
— Part 2: Hot extractio n 
8. ISO 8784 -1, Pulp, paper and board — Microbiological examination — Part 1: 
Enumeration of bacteria and bacterial spores based on disinteg ration  
9. ISO 11093 -4, Paper and board — Testing of cores — Part 4: Measurement of 
dimensions  
10. ISO 12625 -4, Tissue paper and tissue products — Part 4: Determination of tensile 
strength, stretch at break and tensile energy absorption  
11. ISO 12625 -5, Tissue paper and tissue products — Part 5: Determination of wet 
tensile strength  
12. ISO 12625 -6, Tissue paper and tissue products — Part 6: Determination of 
grammage  
13. ISO 12625 -8, Tissue paper and tissue products — Part 8: Water -absorption time 
and water -absorption c apacity, basket -immersion test method  
14. ISO 13914, Soil quality — Determination of dioxins and furans and dioxin -like 
polychlorinated biphenyls by gas chromatography with high -resolution mass 
selective detection (GC/HRMS)  
15. ISO 29681, Paper, board and pulps — Determination of pH of salted water 
extracts  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister of 
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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