G/TBT/N/UGA/1585  
5 May 2022  
(22-3527) 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 different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Articles of 
plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s. (HS code(s): 
3926); Plastics (ICS code(s): 83.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 773:2022, 
Plastic carrier bags and flat bags — Specification, Second Edition; (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Ugan da Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for plastic carrier bags and flat bags that are made from thermoplastic 
materials. This standard does not cover primary packaging such as barrier bags  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/17  
2. ASTM D 3826, Standard practice for determining degradation end point in 
degradable polyethylene and polypropylene, using a tensile test  
3. ASTM D 5208, Standard practice for operating fluorescent ultraviolet (UV) and 
condensation apparatus for exposure of photo grad able plastics  
4. EAS 124, Rounding off numerical values  G/TBT/N/UGA/1585  
 
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  5. ISO 4593, Plastics — Film and sheeting — Determination of average thickness of 
a sample, and average thickness and yield of a roll, by gravimetric techniques 
(gravimetric thickness)  
6. SLS 607: 1983, Specif ication for high density polyethylene shopping bags, 
prepared by Sri Lanka Standards Institute  
7. SLS 835: 1988, Specification for polyethylene garbage bags, prepared by Sri 
Lanka Standards Institute  
8. South Africa Standard (Government Gazette No. 24734 of 2003 ), Specification 
for plastic carrier bags and flat bags, published by South Africa Bureau of 
Standards (SABS)  
9. US 773:2007, Plastic carrier bags and flat bags — Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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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