G/TBT/N/UGA/1160  
8 January 2020  
(20-0183) 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 [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):  Semi-gloss 
(egg shell) solvent b orne paints; Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) 
based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or 
dissolved in an aqueous medium (HS 3209); Paints and varnishes (ICS 87.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 
937:2019, Semi -gloss (egg shell) solvent borne paints for interior and exterior use — 
Specification, First Edition (17 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for  semi-gloss (egg -shell) solvent borne paints for interior and exterior 
use. This standard does not apply to automotive, road marking and Industrial applications.  
7. Object ive 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 tra de barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1.  ISO 4618, Paints and varnishes — Terms and definitions  
2.  ISO 6503 Paints and varnishes -- Determination of total lead — Flame atomic 
absorption spectrometric method  
3.  ISO 6504 -3, Paints and varnishes — Determination of hiding power — Part 3: 
Determination of contrast ratio of light coloured paints at a fixed spreading rate  
4.  ISO 17132, Paints and varnishes — T-bend test  
5.  ISO 3251, Paints varnishes and plastics — Determin ation of non - volatile matter 
content  
6.  ISO 1514, Paints and varnishes — Standard panels for testing  
7.  ISO 1518 -1, Paints and varnishes — Determination of scratch resistance — 
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  8.  ISO 1524, Paints, varnishes and printing ink — Determination of fineness of grind  
9.  ISO 15528, Paints, varnishes and raw materials for paints and varnishes — 
Sampling  
10. ISO 3270, Paints and varnishes and their raw materials — Temperatures and 
humidities for conditioning and testing  
11. ISO 1514, Paints and varnishes — Standard panels for testing  
12. ISO 2884 -2, Paints and varnishes — Determination of viscosity using rotary 
viscometers — Part 2: Disc or ball viscometer operated at a specified speed  
13. ISO 3856 -6, Paints and varnishes — Determination of "soluble" met al content — 
Part 6: Determination of total chromium content of the liquid portion of the paint 
— Flame atomic absorption spectrometric method  
14. ISO 9117 -1, Paints and varnishes — Drying tests — Part 1: Determination of 
through -dry state and throughdry Time  
15. ISO 2813, Paints and varnishes — Determination of specular gloss of non -metallic 
paint films at 20°, 60° and 85°  
16. ISO 6504 -3, Paints and varnishes — Determination of hiding power — Part 3: 
Determination of contrast ratio of light coloured paints at a fixed spreading rate  
17. ISO 16474 -1, Paints and varnishes — Methods of exposure to laboratory light 
sources — Part 1: General guidance  
18. ISO 16474 -2, Paints and varnishes — Methods of exposure to laboratory light 
sources — Part 2: Xenon -arc l 
19. ASTM D4828 -94, Standard test methods for practical washability of organic 
coatings amps  
20. ISO 20566, Paints and varnishes — Determination of the scratch resistance of a 
coating system using a laboratory -scale car -wash 
21. ISO 4628 -10, Paints and varnishes — Evaluation of degradation of  coatings — 
Designation of quantity and size of defects, and of intensity of uniform changes in 
appearance — Part 10: Assessment of degree of filiform corrosion  
22. KS 909:1991, Specification for semi -gloss solvent borne paints for interior and 
exterior use  
23. TZ 726:2011 Semi -gloss solvent borne paints for interior and exterior use – 
Specification  
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/2020/TBT/UGA/20_0255_00_e.pdf