G/TBT/N/UGA/1159  
8 January 2020  
(20-0182) 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):  Silk (sheen) 
emulsion paint; Pai nts and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic 
polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous 
medium (HS 3209); Paints and varnishes (ICS 87.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of t he notified document:  DUS DEAS 
849:2019, Silk (sheen) emulsion paint for interior use — Specification, Second Edition (24 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This  Draft Uganda Standard  specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for silk (sheen) emulsion paint for interior use.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of decep tive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1.  G/TBT/N/UGA/501  
2.  EAS 849: 2016,Silk  (sheen) emulsion paint for interior use — Specification,First 
Edition  
3.  EAS 31, Laundry soaps — Specification  
4.  ISO 591 -1, Titanium dioxide pigments for paints  — Part 1: Specifications and 
methods of test  
5.  ISO 2811, (all parts), Paints and varnishes — Deter mination of density  
6.  ISO 2813,  Paints and varnishes — Determination of gloss value at 20 degrees, 
60 degrees and 85 degrees  
7.  ISO 3251,  Paints varnishes and  plastics  — Determination of non -volatile content  
8.  ISO 6503, Paints and varnishes — Determination of total lead — Flame atomic 
absorption spectrometric method".ISO 4618, Paints and varnishes  — Terms and G/TBT/N/UGA/1159  
 
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  definitions  
9.  ISO 6504 -3, Paints and varnishes — Determination of hiding power — Part 3: 
Determination of contrast ratio of light coloured paints at a fixed spreading rate  
10. ISO 9117 -3, Paints and varnishes — Drying test — Part 3: Surface drying test 
using Ballotini  
11. ISO 1 5528,  Paints, varnishes and raw materials for paints and varnishes  —
 Sampling  
12. KS 811:2013, Silk (sheen) emulsion paints for interior and exterior use — 
Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declarati on 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_0254_00_e.pdf