G/TBT/N/UGA/1389  
7 September 2021  
(21-6664) 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):  Speed 
limiters; Parts and accessories, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or 
more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport 
of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor vehicles, 
n.e.s (HS 870899); Road equipment and installations (ICS 93.080.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2277 -
1:2021, Road vehicles — Maximum road speed limiters for motor vehicles — Part 1: 
Performance and installation requirements, First Edition (22 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Part 1 of this Uganda Standard specifies requirements for 
the performance and installation of devices designed to limit the maximum road s peed of 
motor vehicles by control of engine power. This standard also specifies performance 
requirements of speed recording and reporting devices. These may be a separate unit to 
be installed on the vehicle and an add -on or on -board system built in the veh icle. This 
standard does not cover methods of test and procedure for type approval, which are 
covered under WDUS 2277 -2. The two parts of this standard cannot therefore be read in 
isolation.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent probl ems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   G/TBT/N/UGA/1389  
 
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  1. The traffic and road safety act, 1998 (amendment) act, 2020  
2. US 735:2008, Code of practice for repair and service of electrical and electronic 
machines/devices  
3. WDUS 2277 -2DUS 2277 -2, Road vehicles — Maximum road speed limiters for 
motor vehicles — Part 2: Specification for system and component  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 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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