G/TBT/N/UGA/1221  
25 August 2020  
(20-5800) 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):  Woven 
upholstery fabrics; Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn, incl. monofilament of >= 67 
decitex and with a cross sectional dimension of <= 1 mm (HS 5407); Textile fabrics (ICS 
59.080.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of th e notified document:  DUS 949 -
1:2020, Textiles — Upholstery fabrics — Part 1: Plain, tufted, or flocked woven upholstery 
fabrics — Specification, Second Edition (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda standard specifies the re quirements, test 
methods and sampling for plain, tufted or flocked woven upholstery fabrics as used in the 
manufacture of indoor furniture. It is not applicable to fabrics used in contract, porch, 
deck and lawn furniture, nor for knitted fabrics, bounded o r laminated fabrics, or surface 
coated fabrics (such as vinyls and urethanes).  
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  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 105 -B02, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B02: Colour fastness 
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  2. ISO 105 -E01, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part E01: Colour fastness 
to water    
3. ISO 105 -G02, Textiles — Tests for colou r fastness — Part G02: Colour fastness 
to burnt gas fumes    
4. ISO 105 -X05, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part X05: Colour fastness 
to organic solvents    
5. ISO 105 -X12, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part X12: Colour fastness 
to rubbing    
6. ISO 5 077, Textiles — Determination of dimensional change in washing and 
drying    
7. ISO 6330, Textiles — Domestic washing and drying procedures for textile 
testing    
8. ISO 6941, Textile fabrics -- Burning behaviour -- Measurement of flame spread 
properties of vertic ally oriented specimens    
9. ISO 10528, Textiles — Commercial laundering procedures for textile fabrics 
prior to flammability testing    
10. ISO 12138, Textiles — Domestic laundering procedures for textile fabrics prior 
to flammability testing    
11. ISO 12947 -1, Textiles — Determination of the abrasion resistance of fabrics by 
the Martindale method — Part 1: Martindale abrasion testing apparatus  
12. ISO 12947 -2, Textiles — Determination of the abrasion resistance of fabrics by 
the Martindale method — Part 2: Determination of specimen breakdown    
13. ISO 13934 -2, Textiles — Tensile properties of fabrics — Part 2: Determination of 
maximum force using the gra b method  
14. ISO 13936 -1, Textiles — Determination of the slippage resistance of yarns at a 
seam in woven fabrics — Part 1: Fixed seam opening method    
15. ISO 13937 -3, Textiles — Tear properties of fabrics — Part 3: Determination of 
tear force of wing -shaped tes t specimens (Single tear method)  
16. US 949 -1:2011, Textiles — Upholstery fabrics — Part 1: Plain, tufted, or flocked 
woven upholstery fabrics — Specification  
17. ASTM D3597 − 02 (Reapproved 2018), Standard Performance Specification for 
Woven Upholstery Fabrics — Plain, Tufted, or Flocked1  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory standard by the 
Minister of 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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