G/TBT/N/UGA/1596  
25 May 2022  
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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  
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 different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  - Other 
(HS code(s): 630790); Clothes (ICS code(s): 61.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language (s) of the notified document:  DUS 2551:2021, 
Barkcloth — Specification, First Edition; (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for barkcloth produced from the wild fi g or mutuba tree (Ficus 
natalensis).  
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. US ISO 105 -X12, Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part X12: Colour fastness to 
rubbing  
2. US ISO 3801, Textiles - Woven fabrics - Determination of mass per unit length 
and mass per unit area  
3. ISO 5084, Textiles — Determination of thickness of textiles and textile products  
4. US ISO 12947 -2, Textiles — Determination of the abrasion resistance of fabrics 
by the martindale method — Part 2: Determination of specimen breakdown  G/TBT/N/UGA/1596  
 
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  5. US ISO 13934 -1, Textiles - Tensile properties of fabrics - Part 1: Determination 
of maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the strip method  
6. US ISO 13934 -1, Textiles — Tensile properties of fabrics — part 1: determination 
of maximum force and elongation at maximum force us ing the strip method  
7. ISO 16373 -2, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 2: General method for the 
determination of extractable dyestuffs including allergenic and carcinogenic 
dyestuffs (method using pyridine -water)  
8. ISO 16373 -3, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 3: Method for determination of certain 
carcinogenic dyestuffs (method using triethylamine/methanol)  
9. US ISO 22198, Textiles - Fabrics - Determination of width and length  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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