G/TBT/N/UGA/1161  
8 January 2020  
(20-0184) 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  
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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Textured 
paints; Paints and varn ishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers 
or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium 
(HS 3209); Paints and varnishes (ICS 87.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
DUS DEAS  998:2019,Textured paints — Specification, First Edition (13 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for water based textured paints suitable f or exterior and Interior use on 
concrete surfaces, boards, primed wood, primed metal   to give a protective and 
decorative  coating.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Preve ntion of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 4618, Paints and varnishes — Terms and definitions  
2. ISO 6503 Paints and varnishes —Determination of total lead —Flame atomic 
absorption spectrometric method  
3. ISO 17132, Paints and varnishes —T-bend test  
4. ISO 3251, Paints varnishes and plastics — Determination of non -volatile matter 
content  
5. ISO 151 4, Paints and varnishes — Standard panels for testing  
6. ISO 1518 -1, Paints and varnishes —Determination of scratch resistance —Part 1: 
Constant -loading method  
7. ISO 1524, Paints, varnishes and printing ink — Determination of fineness of grind  
8. ISO 15528, Paints, varnishes and raw materials for paints and varnishes — G/TBT/N/UGA/1161  
 
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  Sampling  
9. ISO 3270, Paints and varnishes and their raw materials —Temperatures and 
humidities for conditioning and testing  
10. ISO 3310 -1, Test sieves — Technical requirements and testing  — Part 1: Test 
sieves of metal wire cloth  
11. ISO 9117 -1, Paints and varnishes — Drying tests — Part 1: Determination of 
through -dry state and through -dry time  
12. ASTM F735 -17, Standard test method for abrasion resistance of transparent 
plastics and coatings usi ng the oscillating sand method  
13. ASTM D4060 -14, Standard test method for abrasion resistance of organic 
coatings by the taber abraser  
14. ASTM D4828 -94, Standard test methods for practical washability of organic 
coatings  
15. ASTM D1653 -13, Standard test methods for water vapour transmission of organic 
coating films  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2020  
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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/UGA/20_0256_00_e.pdf