G/TBT/N/UGA/1086  
 
27 May 2019  
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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):  Dangerous 
goods; Protection against dangerous goods (ICS 13.300)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the  notified document:  DUS DEAS 
949:2019, The classification and identification of dangerous goods for road and rail 
transport, First Edition (245 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard  covers classification and 
identification of dangerous goods that are capable of posing a significant risk to health 
safety, property and the environment.   
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; Protection of the 
environment; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ASTM D93, Standar d test methods for flash point by Pensky -Martens closed -cup 
tester  
2. ASTM D240, Standard test method for heat of combustion of liquid hydrocarbon 
fuels by bomb calorimeter  
3. ASTM D4359, Standard test method for determining whether a material is a liquid 
or a s olid. 
4. ISO 780, Packaging – Pictorial marking for handling of goods  
5. ISO 1523, Determination of flash point – Closed cup equilibrium method  
6. ISO 2431, Paints and varnishes – Determination of flow time by use of flow cups  
7. ISO 2592, Determination of flash and fire points – Cleveland open cup method  
8. ISO 2719, Determination of flash point – Pensky -Martens closed cup method  G/TBT/N/UGA/1086  
 
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  9. ISO 3711, Lead chromate pigments and lead chromate -molybdate pigments – 
Specifications and methods of test  
10. ISO 8115, Cotton bales – Dimensions  and density  
11. ISO 9038, Test for sustained combustibility of liquids  
12. ISO 10156, Gases and gas mixtures – Determination of fire potential and oxidizing 
ability for the selection of cylinder valve outlets  
13. ISO 10156 -2, Gas cylinders – Gases and gas mixtures – Part 2: Determination of 
oxidizing ability of toxic and corrosive gases and gas mixtures  
14. ISO 13736, Determination of flash point – Abel closed -cup method  
15. ISO 13943, Fire safety – Vocabulary – Part 86.1: Affective heat of combustion  
16. ISO 13943, Fire safety – Vocabulary – Part 86.2: Gross heat of combustion  
17. ISO 13943, Fire safety – Vocabulary – Part 86.3: Net heat of combustion  
18. NFPA 30B, Manufacture and storage of aerosol products  
19. DEAS 951:2019 Transport of dangerous goods – Packaging and large packaging 
for road and rail transport  
20. Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous 
Wastes and their Disposal (1989)  
21. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Regulations for the safe transport of 
radioactive material. Safery standards series N o. TS-R-1. IAEA. Vienna, 2005  
22. International Civil Aviation Organization. Technical instructions for the safe 
transport of dangerous goods by air. Montreal, Quebec: ICAO, 2005 -2006 
23. International Maritime Organization. International convention for safe conta iners. 
Edition 3. London: IMO, 1996  
24. International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS). WHO recommended 
classification of pesticides by hazard and guidelines to classification. World Health 
Organization. Geneva, 2005  
25. United Nations. Recommendations on the transport of dangerous goods; Manual 
of tests and criteria   Part I: Classification procedures, test methods and criteria 
relating to explosives of class 1. 6th rev. ed.New   York and Geneva: UN, 2015  
26. United Nations. Recommendations on the transport of dange rous goods; Manual 
of tests and criteria –Part II: Classification procedures, test methods and criteria 
relating to self -reactive substances of division 4.1 and organic peroxides of 
division 5.2. 6th rev. ed. New York and Geneva: UN, 2015  
27. United Nations. R ecommendations on the transport of dangerous goods; Manual 
of tests and criteria –Part III: Classification procedures, test methods and criteria 
relating to class 2, class 3, class 4, division 5.1, class 8 and class 9. 6th rev. ed. 
New York and Geneva: UN,  2015 
28. OECD Test Guidelines  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/UGA/19_3081_00_e.pdf