G/TBT/N/UGA/1331  
28 May 2021  
(21-4441) 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 [   ], 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):  Diaries; 
Registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, 
memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, of paper or paperboard (HS 482010); 
Other paper products (ICS 85.080.99)  
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  1056:2021, Diaries — Specification, First edition (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for diaries  
7. Objective and rati onale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 287, Paper and board — Determination of moisture content of a lot — Oven-
drying method  
2. ISO 535, Paper and board — Determination of water absorptiveness — Cobb 
method    
3. ISO 536, Paper and board — Determination of grammage  
4. ISO 1924 -3, Paper and board — Determination of tensile properties — Part 3: 
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  5. ISO 2470, Paper and board — Measurement of diffuse blue reflectance factor (ISO 
brightness)    
6. ISO 2471, Paper and board — Determination of opacity (paper backin g) — Diffuse 
reflectance method    
7. ISO 2758, Paper — Determination of bursting strength    
8. ISO 6588 -1, Paper, board and pulps — Determination of pH of aqueous extracts 
— Part 1: Cold extraction  
9. ISO 11093 -4, Paper and board — Testing of cores — Part 4: Measu rement of 
dimensions  
10. KS 2596: 2015, Diaries — Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 2021  
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  
Website: https://www.unb s.go.ug  
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