G/TBT/N/UGA/1210  
18 May 2020  
(20-3643) 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  
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  
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 fr om above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [X], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [X], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Non-medical face mask; Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective 
masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters (HS 9020); Respiratory 
protective devices (ICS 13.340.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the noti fied document:  US 2552:2020, 
Non-medical face mask — Specification, First Edition (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and 
test methods for the non -medical face masks intended to red uce the risk of general 
transmission of the infectious agent.  It covers non -medical face masks and other face 
covers made of textiles intended for single use (disposable)  or for multiple use that may be 
washed, disinfected and reused. The Standard does not  cover respiratory protective 
devices such as medical face masks, filtering face masks and  breathing apparatus.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To control the spread of Coronavirus disease (COVID -19); Consumer 
information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; 
Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/UGA/1210  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 2859 -1, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes — Part 1: Sampling 
schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot inspection  
2. US ISO 6940, Textile fabrics — Burning behaviour — Determination of ease of 
ignition of vertically oriented specimens  
3. US ISO 11737 -1, Sterilization of health care products  — Microbiological methods — 
Part 1: Determination of a population of microorganisms on products  
4. US ISO 16900 -2, Respiratory protective devices — Methods of test and test 
equipment — Part 2: Determination of breathing resistance  
5. US ISO 16900 -3, Respiratory  protective devices — Methods of test and test 
equipment — Part 3: Determination of particle filter penetration  
6. IS 8347: 2008, Respiratory protective devices — Definitions, classification and 
nomenclature  
7. IS 14746: 1999, Indian Standard, respiratory protec tive devices — Half masks and 
quarter masks — Specification of components  
8. IS 14166: 1994, (Indian Standard) Respirator y protective devices — Full-face 
masks — Specification  
9. AFROR SPEC S 76 - 00: 2020, Barrier masks — Guide to minimum requirement 
methods of  testing, marking and use.  
10. Testing the efficacy of homemade masks by, Anna Davies, KatyAnne Thompson, 
Karthika Giri, George Kafatos, Jimmy Walker and Allan Bennett, 2013, Disaster 
Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, pp16  
11. Aerosol Filtration Efficiency of Common Fabrics Used in Respiratory Cloth Masks.  
12. WHO, 2020, Infection prevention and control during health care when COVID -19 is 
suspected: interim guidance  
13. WHO, 2020, Advice on the use of masks in the context of COVID -19: interim 
guidance  
14. Samy Rengasamy, Benjamin Eimer and Ronald E. Shaffer, 2010. Simple 
Respiratory Protection — Evaluation of the Filtration Performance of Cloth Masks 
and Common Fabric Materials Against 20 –1000 nm Size Particles. Ann. Occup. 
Hyg., Vol. 54, No. 7, pp. 789 –798. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  The standard was adopted on 12 May 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The standard entered into force on 12 May 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  Not applicable  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
WTO TBT National Enquiry Point  
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, U ganda  
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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