G/TBT/N/UGA/1052  
 
23 April 2019  
(19-2626) 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):  Bed 
blankets; - Blankets (other than electric blankets) and travelling rugs, of wool or of fine 
animal hair (HS 63 0120); Home textiles. Linen (ICS 97.160)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
DUS 914-2:2019, Bed blankets — Part 2: Blankets made from wool and wool/polyamide 
— Specification, Second Edition (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This part of DUS 914 specifies requirements for woven wool 
and woven wool/polyamide blankets intended for institutional and household use.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consum er information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 5081, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of breaking strength and 
elongation  (Strip method)  
2. ISO 12952 -4, Textiles — Burning behaviour of bedding items — Part 4: Specific 
test methods for the ignitabilityby a small open flame  
3. US EAS 247, Method for determination of colour fastness of textiles to peroxide 
washing (sodium perborate)  
4. US EAS 248, Methods for determination of threads per centimetre in woven fabrics  
5. US ISO 105 -B01, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B01: Colour fastness 
to light: Daylight  
6. US ISO 105 -C10, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part C10: Colour fas tness 
to washing with soap or soap and soda  
7. US ISO 105 -X12, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part X12: Colour fastness 
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  8. US ISO 1833, Textiles — Binary fibre mixtures — Quantitative chemical analysis  
9. US ISO 2060, Textiles — Yarn from package s — Determination of linear density 
(mass per unit length) by the skein method  
10. US ISO 3801, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length 
and mass per unit area  
11. US ISO 5077, Textiles — Determination of dimensional change in washing and 
drying 
12. US ISO 22198, Textiles — Fabrics — Determination of width and length  
13. US 914 -2:2011, Bed blankets — Part 2: Blankets made from wool and 
wool/polyamide — Specification (First Edition)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2019  
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/2019/TBT/UGA/19_2232_00_e.pdf