G/TBT/N/UGA/1801  
28 June 2023  
(23-4411) 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 different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Hats and 
other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in 
the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hair -nets of any material, 
whether or not lined or trimmed. (HS code(s): 6505); Other protective equipment (ICS 
code(s): 13.340.99); bouffant cap  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2672: 
2023, Disposable bouffant cap — Specification, First Edition; (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for disposable bouffant caps  also known as disposable hairnets, medical 
head caps, head covers and mobcaps.  
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; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 20158, Textiles — Determination of water absorption time and water 
absorption capacity of textile fabrics  
2. ISO 9073 -2, Textiles — Test methods for nonwovens — Part 2: Determination of 
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  3. US ISO 1833 (all parts), Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis  
4. ISO 9073 -1, Textiles — Test methods for nonwovens — Part 1: Determination of 
mass per unit area  
5. ISO 9073 -15, Textiles — Test methods for nonwovens — Part 15: Determination 
of air permeability  
6. ISO 9073 -18, Textiles — Test methods for nonwovens — Part 18: Determination 
of breaking strength and elongation of nonwoven materials using the grab tensile 
test 
7. ISO 9073 -4, Nonwovens — Test methods — Part 4: Determination of tear 
resistance by the trapezoid procedure  
8. ISO 8784 -1, Pulp, paper and board — Microbiological examination — Part 1: 
Enumeration of bacteria and bacterial spores based on disintegration  
9. ISO 2859 -1, Sampling procedures f or inspection by attributes — Part 1: Sampling 
schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot inspection  
10. DKS 2933:2021, Disposable Surgical Cap – Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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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