G/SPS/N/BDI/18, G/SPS/N/KEN/170  
G/SPS/N/RWA/11, G/SPS/N/TZA/202  
G/SPS/N/UGA/212  
25 October 2022  
(22-8013) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
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  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Vegetable seeds (HS code(s): 120991); Plant growing (ICS code(s): 
65.020.20)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified docu ment:  DEAS 1099:2022, Tomato seed - Requirements for 
certification, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  18 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UGA/22_7126_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East Africa Standard specifies the certification 
requirements for pre -basic, basic and certified seed certification for tomato seeds 
(Solanum lycopersicum ), eligible varieties, application for certification, field requirements, 
field inspection,  sampling, laboratory testing, certificates, packaging, labelling, and post -
control tests. This standard also applies to locally produced and imported seeds.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] protect  humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard o r related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  G/SPS/N/BDI/18 • G/SPS/N/KEN/170 • G/SPS/N/RWA/11 • G/SPS/N/TZA/202 • 
G/SPS/N/UGA/212  
 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. Uganda Gazette  
2. International Seed Testing Association ISTA Rules  
3. OECD Schemes for Varietal Certification or the Control of Seed Moving in the 
International Trade  
4. OECD Seed Schemes; Guidelines for Control Plot Tests and Field Inspection of Seed 
Crops  
 (available in Englis h) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 24 December 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enq uiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(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  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (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