G/TBT/N/UGA/1419  
21 September 2021  
(21-7030) 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   
Websit e: 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 indi cated 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):  Motor 
vehicles; VEHICLES OTHER THAN RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY ROLLING STOCK, AND PARTS 
AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF (HS 87); Transport exhaust emissions (ICS 13.040.50)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 
1047:202 1, Air Quality — Vehicular exhaust emission limits, First Edition (23 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies permissible limits for 
common pollutants found in exhaust emissions of motor vehicles, namely carbon  
monoxide, particulate matter (PM), oxides of nitrogen (NOX), and hydrocarbons. The 
standard covers emission all types of vehicles namely, passenger cars, light commercial 
vehicles, heavy -duty vehicles, motorcycles and motor tricycles as given in Annex A. This 
standard covers only vehicle with internal combustion Engines.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety; Prot ection of the environment; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 3833, Road vehicles — Types — Terms and definitions  
2. ISO 16183, Heavy -duty engines — Measurement of gaseous and particulate 
exhaust emissions using partial flow dilution systems under transient test 
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  3. ISO 6460 -2, Motorcycles — Measurement method for gaseous exhaust 
emissions and fuel consumption — Part 2: Test cycles and specific test 
conditions  
4. Banks & McC onnell, National Emissions from Lawn and Garden Equipment, 2015  
5. CIA, The World Fact Book, 2018  
6. "Emission Standards » European Union » Cars and Light Trucks". DieselNet. 
January 2015. Retrieved 2015 -09-23.  
7. "Emission Standards » European Union » Heavy -Duty Truck and Bus Engines". 
DieselNet. September 2012. Retrieved 2015 -09-28. 
8. Fan, H., A Critical Review and Analysis of Construction equipment emission 
factors, 2011  
9. Gurjar, B.R., et al., Air Pollution: Health and Environmental Impacts, CRC Press, 
Tylor & F rancis Group, Boca Raton, 2010  
10. National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda, Statistical Year Book, 2017  
11. UNEP, Paper on review of global trade in used vehicles, 2017  
12. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 
World  Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision, Methodology of the United 
Nations Population Estimates and Projections, Working Paper No. 
ESA/P/WP.250, New York: United Nations  
13. WHO, Ambient Air Pollution: A global Assessment of Exposure and Burden of 
Diseas es Report, 2016  
14. WHO, Ambient (Outdoor) Air Quality and Health Fact Sheet, 2018  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory standard by the 
Minister of Trade, Industry & 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:   
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   
Websit e: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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