G/TBT/N/UGA/1061  
 
8 May 2019  
(19-3148) Page: 1/3 
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):  Closed 
shoes; Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS 64); Footwear 
(ICS 61.060)  
5. Title, num ber of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 943 -
1:2019, Footwear — Specification for ladies shoes — Part 1: Closed shoes, First Edition 
(27 page(s), in English) (27 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and methods of test for ladies’ closed shoes  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality  requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 2585, Leather — Test measurement of thickness  
2. ISO 3376, Leather — Determination of tensile strength and elongation  
3. ISO 3377, Leather — Determination of tearing load  
4. ISO 11640,       Leather — Fastness to rubbing  
5. ISO 11644,       Leather — Determination of adhesion to finish  
6. BS 2782, Method of testing plastics  
7. ISO 105 B02, Textiles — Colour fastness test Part B02: Xenon arc fading lamp  
8. ISO 12947 -2, Textiles — Determination of abrasion resistance by Martindale 
method Part 2: Determination of specimen breakdown  
9. ISO 4045, Leather – Determination of pH  
10. ISO 11644, Leather — Determination of adhesion to finish  G/TBT/N/UGA/1061  
 
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  11. ISO 3380, Leather – Shrinkage temperature  
12. ISO 2588, Leather — Sampling — Number of items for a gross sample  
13. ISO 4044, Leather — Chemical tests Preparation of chemical test samples  
14. ISO 17072 -1, Leather — Chemical determination of metal content -- Part 1: 
Extractable metals  
15. ISO 17075 -1, Leather — Chemical determination of chromium (VI) content in 
leather — Part 1: Colorimetric method  
16. ISO 17075 -2, Leather — Chemical determination of chromium (VI) content in 
leather — Part 2: Chromatographic method  
17. ISO 17233, Leather -- Physical and mechanical tests -- Determination of cold 
crack temperature of surface c oatings  
18. ISO 20344, Personal protective equipment -- Test methods for footwear  
19. ISO 15702, Leather -- Tests for colour fastness -- Colour fastness to machine 
washing  
20.  ISO 16177, Footwear -- Resistance to crack initiation and growth -- Belt flex 
method  
21. ISO 15 703, Leather -- Tests for colour fastness -- Colour fastness to mild 
washing  
22. ISO 4048 Leather -- Chemical tests -- Determination of matter soluble in 
dichloromethane and free fatty acid content  
23. ISO 4047 Leather -- Determination of sulphated total ash and sulphated water -
insoluble ash  
24. ISO 17130 Leather - Physical and mechanical tests - Determination of 
dimensional change  
25. ISO 2420 Leather -- Physical and mechanical tests -- Determination of apparent 
density and mass per unit area  
26. ISO 48 -4 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic -- Determination of hardness -- 
Part 4: Indentation hardness by durometer method (Shore hardness)  
27. ISO 48 -3 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic -- Determination of hardness -- 
Part 3: Dead -load hardness using the very low rubber hardness (V LRH) scale  
28. ISO 48 -2 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic -- Determination of hardness -- 
Part 2: Hardness between 10 IRHD and 100 IRHD  
29. ISO 868 Plastics and ebonite -- Determination of indentation hardness by means 
of a durometer (Shore hardness)  
30. ISO 4684 Le ather -- Chemical tests -- Determination of volatile matter  
31. ISO 17489 Leather -- Chemical tests -- Determination of tan content in 
synthetic tanning agents  
32. ISO 3378 Leather -- Physical and mechanical tests -- Determination of 
resistance to grain cracking a nd grain crack index  
33. ISO 3379 Leather -- Determination of distension and strength of surface (Ball 
burst method)  
34. ISO 17694 Footwear -- Test methods for uppers and lining -- Flex resistance  
35. ISO 17708 Footwear -- Test methods for whole shoe -- Upper sole adh esion 
36. ISO/TR 20572 Footwear -- Performance requirements for components for 
footwear – Accessories  
37. ISO 2585, Leather — Test measurement of thickness  
38. BS 2782, Method of testing plastics  G/TBT/N/UGA/1061  
 
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  39. ISO 105 B02, Textiles — Colour fastness test Part B02: Xenon arc fading lamp 
40. ISO 12947 -2, Textiles — Determination of abrasion resistance by Martindale 
method Part 2: Determination of specimen breakdown  
41. ISO 2588, Leather  — Sampling — Number of items for a gross sample  
42. ISO 4044, Leather — Chemical tests Preparation of chemical test samples  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister 
responsible 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/cr nattachments/2019/TBT/UGA/19_2712_00_e.pdf