G/TBT/N/UGA/1274  
18 December 2020  
(20-9182) 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 dif ferent 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):  Petroleum 
jelly (HS 271210); Cosmetics. Toiletries (ICS 71.100.70)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 19 1:2020, 
Petroleum jelly — Specification, Fourth Edition (26 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for petroleum jelly. This standard does not cover petroleum 
jelly for industrial use.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirement s 
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/537  
2. TZS 318: 1999, Petroleum jelly, (Part 1): Petroleum jelly for cosmetic industry - 
Specification  
3. TZS 318: 1999, Petroleum jelly, (Part 2): Marketed petroleum jelly products 
ready for use as a body ointment  
4. US 191:2016, Petroleum jelly — Specification  
5. US ISO17516: 2014, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Microbiological limits  G/TBT/N/UGA/1274  
 
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  6. ASTM D217 -10, Standard Test Methods for Cone Penetration of Lubricating 
Grease  
7. US EAS 123, Distilled water — Specification  
8. US EAS 346, Labelling o f cosmetics — General requirements  
9. US EAS 377 -2, Cosmetics and cosmetic products — Part 2: List of substances 
which cosmetic products must not contain except subject to the restrictions laid 
down  
10. US EAS  377-3, Cosmetics and cosmetic products — Part 3: List of colorants 
allowed in cosmetic products  
11. US EAS 847 -16, Cosmetics — Analytical methods — Part 16: Determination of 
lead, mercury and arsenic content  
12. US ISO 2137, Petroleum products and lubricants — Determination of cone 
penetration of lubricating greases and petrolatum  
13. US ISO 21149, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Enumeration and detection of aerobic 
mesophilic bacteria  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  February 2021  
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:   
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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