G/TBT/N/UGA/1730  
11 January 2023  
(23-0296) 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 different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Games 
with screens, flipper and other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens 
or by other  means of payment (excl. bowling alley equipment) (HS code(s): 950430); 
Equipment for entertainment in general (ICS code(s): 97.200.01)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2610: 
2022, Gaming equipment — Bonusing Systems  — requirements, First Edition; (20 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard on Bonusing System provides for 
requirements prerequisite to achieve certification. This Draft Uganda Standard does not 
govern Cashless or Promo tional System requirements for any other form of electronic 
transaction.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The purpose of this technical standard is to: eliminate subjective criteria in 
analyzing and certifying Bonusing System operation; only test those criteria which impact 
the credibility and integrity of gaming from both the Revenue Collection and game play 
point of view; create a standard that shall insure that Bonusing Systems in Casinos are 
fair, secure, and able to be audited and operated correctly; distinguish between local 
public policy and laboratory criteria; recognize that non -gaming testing (such as  Electrical 
Testing) shall not be incorporated into this standard but left to appropriate test 
laboratories that specialize in that type of testing. Except where specifically identified in 
the standard, testing is not directed at health or safety matters. These matters are the 
responsibility of the manufacturer, purchaser, and operator of the equipment; construct G/TBT/N/UGA/1730  
 
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  a standard that can be easily changed or modified to allow for new technology; construct 
a standard that does not specify any particular technolog y, method or algorithm. The 
intent is to allow a wide range of methods to be used to conform to the standards, while 
at the same time, to encourage new methods to be developed.; Prevention of deceptive 
practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documen ts:  
1. The Electronics Transactions Act, 2011  
2. GLI-17: Bonusing Systems in Casinos  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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.u g 
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