G/TBT/N/BDI/475  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1621  
G/TBT/N/RWA/1022  
G/TBT/N/TZA/1129  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1933  
6 May 2024  
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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):  Maize seed 
for sowing (HS code(s): 100510); Plant growing (ICS code(s): 65.020.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 821:2024, 
Maize seed — Requirements for certification, Second edition  
Note: This Draft East African Standard was also notified to the SPS Committee.; (22 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the certification 
requirements for the production of pre -basic, basic and certified seed of maize (Zea mays 
L.). It includes requirements for eligible varieties, field standards, field insp ections, seed 
sampling, laboratory standards, certificates, packaging, labelling and post -control tests.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practic es and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
Kenya Gazette Supplement 217, Acts N 53, 2012, the Seeds and Plant Varieties Act. 
Nairobi Kenya.  G/TBT/N/BDI/475, G/TBT/N/KEN/1621, G/TBT/N/RWA/1022, G/TBT/N/TZA/1129, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1933  
 
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  1. Seed Regulations 2007 , Seed Act N18, 2003 Republic of Tanzania  
2. Seeds and Plant Act of Uganda, 2006  
3. Rwanda Seed Law # 14/2003.  
4. ASARECA, Seed Certification Standards for ten crops of the Major Economic 
Importance in EAST  
5. Africa and Rwanda. July 2007 Obongo Nyachae STAK.  
6. Harmonization of Seed Policies and Regulations in Eastern Africa. ECAPAPA, 
ASARECA September  
7. 2002.  
8. Kenya Seed Sector Baseline Study, by Evans Olonyi Sikinyi, Seed Trade 
Association of Kenya, STAK,  
9. AFSTA 2010  
10. Rwanda Seed Sector Baseline Study, AFSTA 2010  
11. Uganda Seed Sector Baseline Study, Ruth N. Ssebuliba, Uganda Seed Trade 
Association (USTA).  
12. AFSTA 2010  
13. Burundi Seed Sector Baseline Study, Mr. Juvent Baramburiye, AFSTA 2010  
14. Principles of Seed Science and Technology. L.O.Copeland & M.B. McDonald. 
Second Edition 1985.  
15. CABI, Crop Protection Compendium, 2013.  
16. OECD Document TAD/CA/S/RD/2008/12/REV2, April 2009  
17. UPOV Convention Act 1991  
18. IOWA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION (ICIA), Cert ification Standards 2009.  
19. Corn Inspector Training Manual, ICIA Ames Iowa 2009  
20. Association of Official Seed Analysts (AOSA) Cultivar Purity Testing Handbook.  
21. The seeds and plant regulations for Uganda 2011"  
22. ISTA Handbook on Seedling Evaluation  
23. OECD Seed Schemes  
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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