G/TBT/N/UGA/1259  
7 December 2020  
(20-8789) 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 [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):  Synthetic 
detergent powders; Soap in the form of flakes, granules, powder, paste or in aqueous 
solution (HS 340120); Surface active agents (ICS 71.100.40)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  127-1:2020 ; Synthetic detergent powders — Specification — Part 1: Household 
hand use, Second Edition (21 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for synthetic detergents for ho usehold use.  This standard does 
not cover machine wash and industrial detergent powders.  
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; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/UGA/1259  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/369  
2. ISO 672, Soaps — Determination of moisture and volatile matter content — Oven 
method  
3. ISO 673, Soaps — Determination of content of ethanol -insoluble matter  
4. ISO 2870, Surface active agents — Detergents — Determination of anionic -active 
matter hydrolysable and non -hydrolysable under acid conditions  
5. ISO 2871 -1, Surface active agents — Detergents — Determination of cationic -
active matter content — Part 1: High -molecular -mass cationic -active matter  
6. ISO 2871 -2, Surface active agents — Detergents — Determination of cationic -
active matter content — Part 2: Cationic -active matter of low molecu lar mass 
(between 200 and 500)  
7. ISO 4313, Washing powders — Determination of total phosphorous (v) oxide 
content — Quinoline phosphomolybdate gravimetric method  
8. ISO 4316, Surface active agents — Determination of pH of aqueous solution — 
Potentiometric metho d 
9. ISO 4317, Surface -active agents and detergents — Determination of water 
content — Karl Fischer methods  
10. ISO 862, Surface active agents — Vocabulary  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 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 [ ] 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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