G/TBT/N/UGA/614  
 
21 March 2017  
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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 [    ], 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):  Copper rod, bar and 
wire. 
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  DUS 1672:2017, 
Copper and copper alloys - Copper rod, bar and wire for general electrical purposes - 
Specifications. (36 pages, in English)    
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the compo sition, property 
requirements including electrical properties, and tolerances on dimensions and form for 
copper rod, bar and wire for general electrical purposes. Cross -sections and size ranges 
are: round, square and hexagonal rod with diameters or widths across -flats from 2 mm up 
to and including 160 mm; bar with thicknesses from 2 mm up to and including 40 mm and 
widths from 3 mm up to and including 200 mm; and round, square, hexagonal and 
rectangular wire with diameters or widths across -flats from 2 mm up to and including 
25 mm, as well as thicknesses from 0.5 mm up to and inc luding 12 mm with widths from 
1 mm up to and including 200 mm. The sampling procedures and test methods for 
verification of conformity to the requirements of this standard are also s pecified.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
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8. Relevant documents:   
1. EN 10204, Metallic products - Types of inspection documents  
2. EN 1173, Copper and copper alloys - Material condition designation  
3. EN 1412, Copper and copper alloys - European numbering system  
4. EN 12163:2011, Copper and copper alloys - Rod for general purposes  
5. EN 12166:2011, Copper and copper alloys - Wire for general purposes  
6. EN 12167:2011, Copper and copper alloys - Profiles and bars  for general purposes  
7. EN 13602, Copper and copper alloys - Drawn, round copper wire for the 
manufacture of electrical conductors  
8. EN 50149, Railway applications - Fixed installations - Electric traction - Copper and 
copper alloy grooved contact wires  
9. EN ISO 9001, Quality management systems - Requirements (ISO 9001)  
10. ISO 197 -1, Copper and copper alloys - Terms and definitions - Part 1: Materials  G/TBT/N/UGA/614  
 
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  11. ISO 1190 -1, Copper and copper alloys - Code of designation - Part 1: Designation 
of materials  
12. ISO 1811 -2, Copp er and copper alloys - Selection and preparation of samples for 
chemical analysis - Part 2: Sampling of wrought products and castings  
13. ISO 80000 -1:2009, Quantities and units - Part 1: General  
14. BS EN 13601:2013, Copper and copper alloys - Copper rod, bar an d wire for 
general electrical purposes - Specifications  
9. Proposed date of adoption: June 2017  
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 f rom notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body: