G/TBT/N/UGA/1093  
 
18 June 2019  
(19-4150) Page: 1/3 
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):  Plastic 
films; - Of polymers of ethylene (HS 392010); Packaging materials and accessories (ICS 
55.040), Films and sheets (ICS 83.140.10), Other rubber and plastics products (ICS 
83.140.99)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 1891:2019, 
Standard Specification for Plastic Films Made from Low -Density Polyethylene and Linear 
Low-Density Polyethylene for General Use and Packaging Applications, First Edition (18 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard covers unpigmented, unsupported, 
low-density polyethylene and linear low -density polyethylene films (hereafter referred to 
as film or films) with densities ranging from 0.910 g/cm3 - 0.925 g/cm3. 
Note 1. The density of a film wi ll not necessarily be equal to the density of a moulded 
plaque from the same resin.  
Note 2. Blends of ethylene/vinyl acetate (EVA) with low -density polyethylene may have 
densities up to 0.929 g/cm3. 
This Draft Uganda Standards is applicable to homopolymer polyethylene, but is not 
restricted to it. It is applicable to films made from polyethylene copolymers, and also 
applicable to films made from blends of homopolymers and copolymers, including 
ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers. The thickness of the films co vered by this Draft 
Uganda Standard is from 30.0μm to 101.6μm, inclusive. The maximum width of the sheet 
or lay flat is 3.30m. The Draft Standard does not cover oriented heat -shrinkable films.  
The Draft Standard allows for the use of recycled polyethylene film or resin as feedstock, 
in whole or in part, as long as all of the requirements of this specification are met and as 
long as any specific requirements as governed by the producer and end user are also met. 
It defines the levels of the various physical properties from which specifications for specific 
films may be described.  
The Draft Standard covers dimensional tolerances, classifications, intrinsic quality 
requirements, and test methods. The dimensional tolerances include thickness, width, 
and length o r yield. Classification defines types, classes, surfaces, and finishes. The 
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  sealability, and odour, as well as the classification properties for impact strength, 
coefficien t of friction, optical properties, and surface treatment. A sampling method is 
included.  
The Draft Standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, 
associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to es tablish 
appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory 
limitations prior to use.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of de ceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 4593, Plastics — Film and sheeting — Determination of thickness by 
mechanical scanning  
2. ISO 472, Plastics — Vocabulary  
3. ISO 13468 -1, Plastics — Determination of the total luminous transmittance of 
transparent materials — Part 1: Single -beam instrument  
4. ISO 1183 -1, Plastics — Methods for determining the density of non -cellular 
plastics — Part 1: Imm ersion method, liquid pycnometer method and titration 
method  
5. ISO 1183 -2, Plastics — Methods for determining the density of non -cellular 
plastics — Part 2: Density gradient column method  
6. ISO 7765 -1, Plastics film and sheeting — Determination of impact resis tance by 
the free -falling dart method — Part 1: Staircase methods  
7. ISO 7765 -2, Plastics film and sheeting — Determination of impact resistance by 
the free -falling dart method — Part 2: Instrumented puncture test  
8. ISO 8295, Plastics — Film and sheeting — Determination of the coefficients of 
friction  
9. ISO 6383 -1, Plastics — Film and sheeting — Determination of tear resistance — 
Part 1: Trouser tear method  
10. ISO 6383 -2, Plastics — Film and sheeting — Determination of tear resistance — 
Part 2: Elmendorf method  
11. DUS 1 892, Test method for specular gloss of plastic films and solid plastics  
12. ISO 8296, Plastics — Film and sheeting — Determination of wetting tension  
13. ISO 4591, Plastics — Film and sheeting — Determination of average thickness 
of a sample, and average thickness  and yield of a roll, by gravimetric techniques 
(gravimetric thickness)  
14. ISO 527 -3, Plastics — Determination of tensile properties — Part 3: Test 
conditions for films and sheets  
15. ISO 293, Plastics — Compression moulding of test specimens of thermoplastic 
materials  
16. DUS1893, Test method for odour and taste transfer from polymeric packaging 
film 
17. DUS 1894, Test method for seal strength of flexible barrier materials  
18. ASTM D4635 – 16, Standard Specification for Plastic Films Made from Low -
Density Polyethylene and Linear Low -Density Polyethylene for General Use and 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  November 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister 
responsible 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/2019/TBT/UGA/19_3493_00_e.pdf