G/SPS/N/BDI/21, G/SPS/N/KEN/174  
G/SPS/N/RWA/14, G/SPS/N/TZA/205  
G/SPS/N/UGA/215  
 
31 October 2022  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Seeders, planters and transplanters (HS code: 843230); 
Plant growing (ICS code: 65.020.20)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DEAS 1101:2022 Cassava seed - Requirements for 
certification, First Edition . Language(s):  Englis h. Number of pages:  22 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UGA/22_7350_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the certification 
requirements for pre -basic, basic and certified seed cassava ( Manihot esculenta  Crantz). 
It includes requirements for eligible varieties, application for certification, field 
requirements, field inspection, stem harvesting and cutting, packaging and labelling. 
This Standard does not apply for tissue culture plantlets".  
Note: This Draft East African Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/BDI/21 • G/SPS/N/KEN/174 • G/SPS/N/RWA/14 • G/SPS/N/TZA/205 • 
G/SPS/N/UGA/215  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
• Uganda Gazette  
• OECD Schemes for Varietal Certification or the Control of Seed Moving in the 
International Trade  
• The Seeds and Plant Varieties (Seeds) Regulations, 2016  
• The Seeds and Plant Act, 2006  
• The Plant Variety Protection Act, 2014  
• The Seeds and Plant Regulations, 2017  
• COMESA Seed Trade Harmonisation Regulations, 2014  
• Rwanda standard RS  
• Seeds Regulations 2007 and its Amendments of 2017  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days fro m the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 30 December 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of o ther 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  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (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