G/TBT/N/UGA/1190  
21 February 2020  
(20-1346) 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: http://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 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):  Steel 
roofing sheets; Flat -rolled products of iron or non -alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or 
more, cold -rolled (cold -reduced), not clad, plated or coated (HS 7209); Flat -rolled products 
of iron or non -alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, clad, pla ted or coated (HS 7210); 
Flat steel products and semi -products (ICS 77.140.50)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  196:2019, High -strength low -alloy Steel (HSLA) for hot rolled sheet and cold rolled 
sheet — Specifi cation, Third Edition (41 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Uganda Standard specifies the requirements for steel sheet 
in coils and cut lengths for highstrength low -alloy steel (HSLA) supplied as hot -rolled sheet 
and cold -rolled sheet.  
For the purposes of determining conformance with this specification and the various 
material specifications, values shall be rounded to the nearest unit in the right -hand place 
of figures used in expressing the limiting values.  
For the purposes of determining conformance with this product specification, measured 
values,  calculated values, or observed values shall be rounded to the nearest unit in the 
right hand place of figures  used in expressing the limiting values.  
7. Objective and rationale, inc luding the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/UGA/1190  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/381  
2. ISO 437, Steel and cast iron — Determination of total carbon content — Combustion 
gravimetric method  
3. ISO 439, Steel and iron — Determination of total silicon content — Gravimetric 
method  
4. ISO 629, Steel and cast iron — Determination of manga nese content — 
Spectrophotometric method  
5. ISO 671, Steel and cast iron — Determination of sulphur content — Combustion 
titrimetric method  
6. ISO 4829 -1 Steel and cast iron — Determination of total silicon content — Reduced 
molybdosilicate spectrophotometric me thod — Part 1: Silicon contents between 
0.05 and 1.0 %  
7. ISO 4829 -1, Steel and cast iron — Determination of total silicon content — Reduced 
molybdosilicate spectrophotometric method — Part 1: Silicon contents between 
0.05 and 1.0 %  
8. ISO 4829 -2, Steel and iron  — Determination of total silicon content — Reduced 
molybdosilicate spectrophotometric method — Part 2: Silicon contents between 
0.01 and 0.05 %  
9. ISO 4943, Steel and cast iron — Determination of copper content — Flame atomic 
absorption spectrometric method  
10. ISO 10714, Steel and iron — Determination of phosphorus content — 
Phosphovanadomolybdate spectrophotometric method  
11. ISO 14284; Steel and iron — sampling and preparation of samples for the 
determination of chemical composition  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 2020  
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: http://www.unbs.go.ug  
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