G/TBT/N/UGA/1325  
18 May 2021  
(21-4160) 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):  Black 
bituminous paints; Paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic 
polymers or chemically modified natural polymers , dispersed or dissolved in a 
non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile 
organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight (excl. those based on polyesters 
and acrylic or vinyl polymers and solutions of collodion)  (HS 320890); Paints and 
varnishes (ICS 87.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  1054:2021, Black bituminous paints for cold application — Specification, First 
Edition (17 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of  content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, methods 
of sampling and test for black bitumen solutions, without pigments or fillers, for cold 
application, which will yield by brushing, spraying or a suitable dipping process, effective 
coatin gs for protection of substrates.  
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; Protec tion of the 
environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/UGA/1325  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. DEAS 1054:2021, Black bituminous paints for cold application — Specification  
2. ASTM F735 -17, Standard Test Method for Abrasion Resistance of Transparent 
Plastics and Coatings Using the Oscillating Sand Method  
3. ISO 1523, Determination of flash point — Closed cup equilibrium method  
4. ISO 1524, Paints, varnishes and printing ink — Determination of fineness of grind  
5. ISO 3251, Pa ints varnishes and plastics — Determination of non -volatile matter 
content  
6. ISO 3856 -6, Paints and varnishes — Determination of "soluble" metal content — 
Part 6: Determination of total chromium content of the liquid portion of the paint 
— Flame atomic absor ption spectrometric method  
7. ISO 4618, Paints and varnishes — Terms and definitions  
8. ISO 6503, Paints and varnishes -- Determination of total lead — Flame atomic 
absorption spectrometric method  
9. ISO 9117 -1, Paints and varnishes — Drying tests — Part 1: Determination of 
through -dry state and through -dry time  
10. ISO 91 17-3, Paints and varnishes — Drying tests — Part 3: Surface -drying test 
using ballotini  
11. ISO 15528, Paints, varnishes and raw materials for paints and varnishes — 
Sampling  
12. ISO 17132, Paints and varnishes — T-bend test  
13. KS 621:1986, Specification for black bituminous paints for cold application  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 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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