Draft Amendments to Certification Regulations as of 02 August 2022  
 
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 1. Amendment of regulation 2  
By adding immediately after (1) (b) subsection c as follows; (c) Management 
systems, personnel certification services, systems and processes  
By deleting 2 (2) as it is redundant: these regulations apply to all commodities 
covered by standards whether they are voluntary or compulsory  
2. Amendment of regulation 3  
“digital conformity mark”  
By adding the words “the distinctive mark in” immediately after “means”  
3. Amendment of regulation 4  
4(4) by replacing the word “company” with “applicant”  
4. Amendment of regulati on 5 
5 (2) by adding the words “part II after “schedule 3”  
5. Amendment of regulation 6  
By deleting the words “in respect of two samples for each commodity”  
6. Amendment of regulation 8  
By replacing the word “present” with “submit” and replacing the word “to” af ter 
recommendation report with “of”  
7. Amendment of regulation 11  
11 (1) by replacing “shall” with “may”  
By adding 11 (1) (c) to read as follows “where the permit holder has demonstrated 
conformance to the requirements within the certification year as verifie d through 
surveillance audits or sampling and testing”  
8. Amendment of regulation 12  
12 (4) by deleting the words “of obtaining, transporting and”  
9. Amendment of regulation 15  
Deletion of 15 (3)  
10. Amendment of regulation 16  
16 (1) (a) Deletion and replacing it with “the commodity in respect of which an 
application has been made does not conform to the product standard 
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 16 (1) (b) by deleting the words “under these regulations”  
By adding immediatel y after 16 (1) (c) – 16 (1) (d) to read as follows “the 
commodity is in contravention of any other law in Uganda”  
11. Amendment of regulation 23  
By adding 23 (4) to read as follows “  
For categories of commodities under Sch 3 Part 1 the mark shall be printed o n 
the label or affixed on the product in a visible legible and indelible manner in the 
form prescribed in Schedule 4  
For categories under Sch 3 Part II the commodities shall be so marked in a visible 
place as appropriate for the type of product or package , by placement of the 
Digital Conformity mark before a commodity is placed on the market.  
For purposes of this regulation, the application of the digital conformity Mark 
shall be to enable authentication, tracking and tracing of the commodities.  
12. Amendment of schedule 2  
Form 1  
By deleting “20/07/2018” under effective date  
By deleting “03” under issue number  
       By deleting “01” under Rev  
Form 2  
By deleting “1/09/2016” under effective date  
By deleting “02” under issue number  
By deleting “00” under Rev  
Form 3  
By deleting “05/01/2019” under effective date  
By deleting “04” under issue number  
By deleting “00” under Rev  
13. Amendment of schedule 3  
By replacing the fees ie (Shs 18 per unit of commodity) in part 2 with Shs 21 
per unit of commodity  
14. Additional propo sals Draft Amendments to Certification Regulations as of 02 August 2022  
 
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 Commodities to bear digital conformity mark  
No person shall import, distribute, sale or have in his or her possession or control 
for sale or distribution, any commodity for which  compulsory standard 
specifications have been declared, unless the commodity conforms to the 
compulsory standard specifications.  
No person shall distribute, sale or control for distribution or sale, any locally 
manufactured commodity for which a compulsory standard specifications have 
been declared and which is specified in Part II of Schedule 3 unless the 
commodities  bear a digital conformity mark