G/TBT/N/UGA/1204  
18 March 2020  
(20-2141) 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  
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 [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):  Non-woven 
bags; - Sacks and bags (including cones): (HS 39232); -- Other (HS 420299); Sacks and 
bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods (HS 6305); Sacks. Bags (ICS 55.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2244 :2020, 
Non-woven bags — Specification, First Edition (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements and test 
methods for non -woven bags used for packaging  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. US 1675, Determination of overall migration of constituents of plastic materials and 
articles intended to come in contact with food stuffs — Methods of analysis  
2. US 1659, Materials in contact with food — Requirements for packaging materials  
3. ISO 9092, Nonwovens  – Vocabulary  
4. ISO 907 -5, Textiles — Test methods for nonwovens — Part 5: Determination of 
resistance to mechanical penetration (ball burst procedure)  G/TBT/N/UGA/1204  
 
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  5. ISO 9073 -6, Textiles — Test methods for nonwovens — Part 6: Absorption  
6. ISO 9073 -4, Textiles — Test methods  for nonwovens — Part 4: Determination of 
tear resistance  
7. US ISO 9073 -1, Textile -non woven Fabrics — Part 1: Determination of mass per unit 
area 
8. ISO 9073 -18, Textiles — Test methods for nonwovens — Part 18: Determination of 
breaking strength and elongation  of nonwoven materials using the grab tensile test  
9. ISO 9073 -17, Textiles — Test methods for nonwovens — Part 17: Determination of 
water penetration (spray impact)  
10. ISO 9073 -16, Textiles — Test methods for nonwovens — Part 16: Determination of 
resistance to penetration by water (hydrostatic pressure)  
11. ISO 9073 -15, Textiles — Test methods for nonwovens — Part 15: Determination of 
air permeability  
12. ISO 9073 -1, Textiles — Test methods for nonwovens — Part 1: Determination of 
mass per unit area  
13. ISO 22 198, Textile Fabrics — Determination of width and length  
14. ISO 177, Plastics — Determination of migration of plasticizers  
15. ISISO 16373 -2, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 2: General method for the 
determination of extractable dyestuffs including allergenic and car cinogenic 
dyestuffs (method using pyridine -water)  
16. ISO 16373 -1, Textiles — Dyestuff Part 1: General principles of testing coloured 
textiles for dyestuff identification  
17. ISO 13934 -1, Textiles — Tensile properties of fabrics — Part 1: Determination of 
maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the strip method  
18. ISO 139, Textiles — Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing  
19. ISO 12947 -2, Textiles — Determination of the abrasion resistance of fabrics by the 
Martindale method -- Part 2: Determination  of specimen breakdown  
20. ISO 1130, Textile fibres — Some methods of sampling for testing  
21. ISO 105 -Z06, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part Z06: Evaluation of dye 
and pigment migration.  
22. ISO 16373 -3, Textiles — Dyestuffs Part 3: Method for determination of certain 
carcinogenic dyestuffs (method using triethyl amine/methanol)  
23. TDC3 (6335)P3, Textiles – Non-woven bags – Specification  
24. KNWA/TL/01:2019, Non -woven bags — Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by Minister for 
Trade, Industries and Cooperatives.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/UGA/1204  
 
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  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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