G/TBT/N/UGA/1051  
 
23 April 2019  
(19-2624) 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  
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 [   ], 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):  Bed 
blankets; Blankets and travelling rugs (HS 6301); Home textiles. Linen (ICS 97.160)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s) of the notified document:  
DUS 914-1:2019, Bed blankets — Part 1: Blankets made from suitable flame resistant 
fabrics — Specification, Second Edition (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This part of DUS  914 specifies the requirements,  method of 
sampling and test for a flame resistant blanket composed of suitable flame resistant 
fabrics  
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  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/218  
2. ISO 4920, Textiles — Determination of resistance to surface wetting (spray test) 
of fabrics  
3. ISO 5659-2, Plastics — Smoke generation — Part 2: Determination of optical 
density by a single chamber test  
4. ISO 12952 -4, Textiles — Burning behaviour of bedding items — Part 4: Specific 
test methods for the ignitabilityby a small open flame  
5. ISO 13937 -1, Textil es — Tear properties of fabrics — Part 1: Determination of 
tear force of fabrics usingballistic pendulum method (Elmendorf)  
6. ISO 14419, Textiles – Oil repellency – Hydrocarbon  
7. US EAS 248, Textiles — Methods for determination of threads per centimetre in 
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  8. US EAS 254, Textiles — Tear properties of fabrics — Determination of tear 
resistance by fallingpendulum (Elmendorf) apparatus  
9. US ISO 105 -B01, Textiles —Tests for colour fastness — Part B01: Colour fastness 
to light: Daylight  
10. US ISO 105 -C10, Text iles —Tests for colour fastness — Part C10: Colour fastness 
to washing with soap or soap and soda  
11. US ISO 105 -X12, Textiles —Tests for colour fastness — Part X12: Colour fastness 
to rubbing  
12. US ISO 3801, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per u nit length 
and mass per unit area  
13. ISO 4589, Plastics — Determination of burning behaviour by oxygen index (all 
parts)  
14. US ISO 5077, Textiles — Determination of dimensional change in washing and 
drying  
15. US ISO 13934 -1, Textiles —Tensile properties of fabrics — Part 1: Determination 
of maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the strip method  
16. US 914 -1:2011, Bed blankets — Part 1: Blankets made from suitable flame 
resistant fabrics — Specification (First Edition)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2019  
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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/UGA/19_2231_00_e.pdf