G/TBT/N/UGA/1107  
4 September 2019  
(19-5678) 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  
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 [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):  Hermetic 
storage bag, Woven polypropylene outer bags; -- Other, of polyethylene or polypropylene 
strip or the like (HS 630533); Packaging materials and accessories (ICS 55.040), Sacks. 
Bags (ICS 55.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS EAS 985 -
1: 2019, Hermetic storage bags —Specification – Part 1; Woven polypropylene outer 
bags,  First Edition (35 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
methods of sampling and test for hermetic bags for storage of dried food commodities, 
derived products and seeds. This standard cover s hermetic bags whose outer bags are 
made from woven polypropylene.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 7023, Packaging -- Sacks -- Method of sampling emp ty sacks for testing  
2. ASTM D 398 -13, Determination of water vapour transmission rate (WVTR) -- 
Gravimetric (dish) method  
3. ISO 4591 Plastics -- Film and sheeting -- Determination of average thickness of 
a sample, and average thickness and yield of a roll, by gravimetric techniques 
(gravimetric thickness)  
4. ISO 2556, Plastics -- Determination of the gas transmission rate of films and thin 
sheets under atmospheric pressure -- Manometric method  
5. ISO 7765, Plastic film and sheeting -Determination of Impact re sistance by free 
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  6. ISO 6383 -2, Plastic film and sheeting -Determination of tear resistance part 2: 
Elmendorf -method  
7. ISO 7965 -2, Sack -drop test part 2: -Sacks made from thermoplastic flexible film  
8. ISO 221 98, Textile Fabrics -Determination of width and length  
9. ISO 7211 -5, Textile -woven Fabrics -Construction -methods of analysis -Part 5: 
Determination of linear density of yearn removed from fabrics.  
10. ISO 3801, Textile -woven Fabrics -Determination of mass per unit l ength and mass 
per unit area  
11. ISO 13934 -1, Textiles -- Tensile properties of fabrics -- Part 1: Determination of 
maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the strip method  
12. ASTM D -3985-95 Standard Test Method for Oxygen Gas Transmission Rate 
Throug h Plastic Film and Sheeting Using a Coulometric Sensor  
13. ISO 2062, Textiles -- Yarns from packages -- Determination of single -end 
breaking force and elongation at break using constant rate of extension (CRE) 
tester  
14. ASTM F 1927 - 07 Standard Test Method for D etermination of Oxygen Gas 
Transmission Rate, Permeability and Permeance at Controlled Relative Humidity 
Through Barrier Materials Using a Coulometric Detector  
15. ASTM F1306 – 90, Standard Test Method for Slow Rate Penetration Resistance of 
Flexible Barrier F ilms and Laminates  
16. ASTM D882 -18, Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of thin Plastic 
Sheeting  
17. 2873, Hermetic Storage Bags —Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 2020  
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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/UGA/19_4873_00_e.pdf