G/TBT/N/UGA/1354  
14 June 2021  
(21-4850) 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   
Websit e: 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 indi cated 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):  Jackets; 
(HS: 6103 , 6104); (ICS: 61.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 1970 -5, 
Textiles — Garments — Part 5: Jacket (First edition) (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uga nda Standard specifies requirements and test 
methods for jackets.  This standard is not applicable to protective jackets such as those 
used in fire fighting.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer inf ormation, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. US ISO 139, Textiles — Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing  
2. US ISO 3801, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit 
length and mass per unit area  
3. US ISO 9073 -1, Textiles — Test methods for nonwovens — Part 1: 
Determination of mass per unit area  
4. US ISO 12945 -1, Textiles — Determination of fabric propensity to surface 
fuzzing and to pilling — Part 1: Pilling box method  
5. US ISO 12947 -1, Textiles — Determination of the abrasion resistance of fabrics 
by the Martindale method — Part 1: Martindale abrasion testing apparatus  G/TBT/N/UGA/1354  
 
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  6. US ISO 13934 -1, Textiles — Tensile properties of fabrics — Part 1: 
Determination of maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the 
strip method  
7. US ISO 13938 -2, Textiles — Bursting properties of fabrics — Part 2: Pneumatic 
method for determination of bursting strength and bursting distension  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory standard by the 
Minister of Trade, Industry & 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   
Websit e: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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