G/SPS/N/BDI/19 , G/SPS/N/KEN/171  
G/SPS/N/RWA/12 , G/SPS/N/TZA/203  
G/SPS/N/UGA/213  
25 October 2022  
(22-8014) Page: 1/2 
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  
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  
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):  Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; 
mushroom spawn (HS code(s): 0602); Plant growing (ICS code(s): 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 1 035: 2020, Banana seeds - Requirements for 
certification, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UGA/22_7131_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Working Draft East African Standard specifies the 
require ments for certification for banana ( Musa spp.) seed. It applies to tissue culture, 
macro -propagation and conventionally produced planting materials. The Draft Standard 
specifies the certification requirements for pre -basic, basic and certified seed of bana na 
(Musa L . species). It includes requirements for tissue culture, macro -propagation and 
conventionally produced planting materials categories, eligible varieties, application for 
certification, specific nurseries and field requirements, field inspection, size of the suckers 
and plantlets, certificates, packaging, labelling, and post -control tests.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] 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) :  G/SPS/N/BDI/19 • G/SPS/N/KEN/171 • G/SPS/N/RWA/12 • G/SPS/N/TZA/203 • 
G/SPS/N/UGA/213  
 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international st andard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. Uganda Gazette.  
2. International Seed Testing Association ISTA Rules.  
3. OECD Schemes for Varietal Certification or the Control of Seed Moving in the 
International Trade.  
4. UPOV, International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants.   
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 from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 24 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 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  
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