G/TBT/N/BDI/167  
G/TBT/N/RWA/558  
G/TBT/N/TZA/655  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1487  
28 October 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, RWANDA, TANZANIA, 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 shal l 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):  Wooden 
door shutters; Doors and their frames and thresholds, of wood (HS 441820); Doors and 
windows (ICS 91.060.50)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 
1067:2021, General wooden door shutte rs — Specification, First Edition (30 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East Africa Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for wooden door shutters of three exposure classes and three 
performance classes.  This specification does not cover the requirements for fire doors.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality require ments; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 6445, Doors -- Behaviour between two different climates -- Test method  
2. ISO 7894, Partitions made of components -- Test for resistance to wind (static 
pressure and slamming doors  
3. ISO 8270, Door sets — Soft heavy body impact test  G/TBT/N/BDI/167, G/TBT/N/RWA/558, G/TBT/N/TZA/655, G/TBT/N/UGA/1487  
 
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  4. ISO 12777 -3, Methods of test for pallet joints -- Part 3: Determination of 
strength of pallet joints  
5. EAS 272, Timber — Determination of moisture content for physical and 
mechanic al tests  
6. ISO 6443, Door leaves — Method for measurement of height, width, thickness 
and Squareness  
7. ISO 8271, Door leaves — Determination of the resistance to hard body impact  
8. ISO 9380, Door sets — Repeated torsion test  
9. US 1777: 2017, General wooden door sh utters — Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] 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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