G/TBT/N/UGA/1255  
11 November 2020  
(20-8064) 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):  Cocoa 
beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted (HS 1801); Cocoa shells, husks, skins and other 
cocoa waste (HS 1802); Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted (HS 1803); Cocoa butter, 
fat and oil (HS 1804); Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar o r other sweetening 
matter (HS 1805); Cocoa (ICS 67.140.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DARS 
1000-2:2020, Sustainable cocoa — Part 2: Requirements for cocoa quality and 
traceability, First Edition (34 page(s), in  English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements for 
quality including classification, sampling, test methods, packaging and marking of cocoa 
beans (Theobroma cacao Linnaeus). It also specifies the basic requireme nts for the design 
and implementation of one or more traceability systems within the cocoa supply chain for 
sustainably produced cocoa beans from farm to the point of export (Free On Board), as 
well as to the factory gate at the local level for grinders.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/UGA/1255  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 34101 -1:2019, Sustainable and traceable cocoa — Part 1: Requirements for 
cocoa sustainability management systems  
2. ISO 34101 -2:2019, Sustainable and traceable cocoa — Part 2: Requirements for 
performance related to economic, social and environmental aspects)  
3. ISO 34101 -3:2019, Sustainable and traceable cocoa — Part 3: Requirements for 
traceability  
4. ISO 34101 -4:2019, Sustainable and traceable cocoa — Part 4: Requirements for 
certification schemes  
5. ISO 2292, Cocoa beans - Sample  
6. ISO 2451, Cocoa beans — Specification and quality  requirements  
7. FCC rules on Quality, applicable to contracts signed from June 1st, 2015  
8. ISO 19011, Guidelines for auditing management systems  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  January 2021  
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:   
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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