G/TBT/N/UGA/1300  
20 April 2021  
(21-3346) 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  
Email: 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 from abov e:  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 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):  Uncoated 
paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, and 
non-perforated punchcards and punch -tape paper, in rolls of any size, not containing 
fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi -mechanical process or of which  <= 10% by 
weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres, and weighing 40 g to 150 g/m², 
n.e.s (HS 480255); Paper products (ICS 85.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 435:2021, 
Duplicating paper — Speci fication, Second Edition (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements for 
duplicating papers. The standard applies to duplicating papers for stencil duplicators using 
emulsion or oil based inks paragraph.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 5636 -3, Paper and board — Determination of air permeance (medium 
range) — Part 3: Bendtsen method  
2. ISO 8791 -2, Paper and board — Determination of roughness/smoothness (air 
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  3. US ISO 187, Paper, board and pulps — Standard atmosph ere for conditioning 
and testing and procedure for monitoring the atmosphere and conditioning of 
samples  
4. US ISO 536, Paper and board — Determination of grammage  
5. US ISO 2470 -1, Paper, board and pulps — Measurement of diffuse blue 
reflectance factor — Part 1 : Indoor daylight conditions (ISO brightness)  
6. US ISO 2471, Paper and board — Determination of opacity (paper backing) — 
Diffuse reflectance method  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as Mandatory by the Minister of 
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  
Email: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website : https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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