G/TBT/N/BDI/417  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1522  
G/TBT/N/RWA/952  
G/TBT/N/TZA/1052  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1867  
4 December  2023 
(23-8241) 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:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, 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.g o.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):  T-shirts, 
singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crocheted (HS code(s): 610910); Clothes 
(ICS code(s): 61.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1141 -
3:2023, Textile garments — Specification — Part 3: T -shirts, First Edition; (14 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for T -shirts such as sports t -shirts, polo, crew neck and vests.  
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. DEAS 1141 -1, Textile garments — Specification — Part 1: General requirements  
2. ISO 105 -B01, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B01: Colour fastness to 
light: Daylight  G/TBT/N/BDI/417 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1522 • G/TBT/N/RWA/952 • G/TBT/N/TZA/1052 • 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1867  
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  3. ISO 105 -X12, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part X12: Colour fastness to 
rubbing  
4. ISO 139, Textiles — Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing  
5. ISO 2859 -1, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes — Part 1: Sampling 
schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot inspection  
6. ISO 3801, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length and 
mass per unit  area 
7. ISO 5077, Textiles — Determination of dimensional change in washing and drying  
8. ISO 6330, Textiles — Domestic washing and drying procedures for textile testing  
9. ISO 12945 -1, Textiles — Determination of fabric propensity to surface pilling, 
fuzzing or m atting — Part 1: Pilling box method  
10. ISO 12945 -2, Textiles — Determination of fabric propensity to surface pilling, 
fuzzing or matting — Part 2: Modified Martindale method  
11. ISO 12947 -2, Textiles — Determination of the abrasion resistance of fabrics by 
the Ma rtindale method — Part 2: Determination of specimen breakdown  
12. ISO 13938 -2, Textiles — Bursting properties of fabrics — Part 2: Pneumatic 
method for determination of bursting strength and bursting distension  
13. ISO 16322 -3, Textiles — Determination of spiralit y after laundering — Part 3: 
Woven and knitted garments  
14. ISO 18890, Clothing — Standard method of garment measurement  
15. US 1968: 2019, Textiles — Cotton T -shirts — Specification  
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.ug  
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