G/TBT/N/UGA/1183  
13 January 2020  
(20-0318) 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 [   ], 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):  
Agricultural products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2241:2019, 
Complian ce market incentives for Agro -industrialisation — Guideline, First Edition. 
(48 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard provides for Quality control of 
products & processes along the entire EBA -Driven Agriculture & Clean  Energy powered 
value addition chain. This guideline provides information on the classes of standards to 
enforce in a cascade towards incentivising the clean energy powered 
agro-industrialisation. The requirements cover four levels of compliance that include use 
of nature based EBA approaches for on -farm production (which also covers for organic); 
use of clean energy for various levels of value addition at both on -farm (e.g. solar powered 
irrigation) & off -farm; use of Information & Communication Techn ology (ICT) to effect 
various linkages to markets & supply chains; services including finance, advisory 
& compliance.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety; Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO/IEC 7776, Information technology -- Telecommunications and information 
exchange between syste ms 
2. US EAS 456, East African organic products standard  
3. US ISO 9000, Quality management systems — Fundamentals and vocabulary  
4. US ISO 9001, Quality Management Systems – Requirements  
5. US ISO 14001, Environmental Management Standards  G/TBT/N/UGA/1183  
 
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  6. US ISO 14040, Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — 
Principles and framework  
7. US ISO 19011, Guidelines for Auditing Quality Management Systems  
8. US ISO 26000, Guidance on Social Responsibility  
9. US ISO/IEC 17065, Conformity assessment -- Requirements for bodies 
certifying products, processes and services  
10. US ISO 50001, Energy management systems – Requirements with guidance for 
use 
11. US IEC/TS 62257, Recommendations for renewable energy and hybrid systems 
for rural electrification - Part 9 -5: Integrated systems - Selection of stand -alone 
lighting kits for rural electrification  
12. IEC PAS 62111, Specifications for the use of renewable energies in rural 
decentralised electrification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 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/2020/TBT/UGA/20_0355_00_e.pdf