G/TBT/N/UGA/1387  
7 September 2021  
(21-6658) 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 indic ated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 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):  Files, 
Folders; (HS: 4820); (ICS: 85.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 434:2021, 
Files and folders — Specification, Second Edition (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Ugan da Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for files and folders.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 2286 -2, Methods for determination of total mass per unit area, per unit 
area of coating and mass per unit area of substrate  
2. ISO 2286 -3, Rubber - or plastics -coated fabrics — Determination of roll 
characteristics — Part 3: Method for determination of thickness  
3. ISO 3377 -1, Leather — Physical and mechanical tests — Determination of tear 
load — Part 1: Single edge tear  
4. US ISO 105 -X12, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part 12 : Colour 
fastness to rubbing  
5. US ISO 536, Paper and board — Determination of grammage  G/TBT/N/UGA/1387  
 
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  6. US ISO 1923, Cellular plastics and rubbers — Determination of linear 
dimensions  
7. US ISO 2589, Leather — Physical and mechanical tests — Determination of 
thickness  
8. US ISO 38 01, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit 
length and mass per unit area  
9. US ISO 4045, Leather — Chemical tests — Determination of pH and difference 
figure  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2021  
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 [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 325 0/1/2 Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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