G/TBT/N/UGA/862  
 
9 July 2018  
(18-4295) 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  
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): Salt; 
sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS 25). Cement. 
Gypsum. Lime. Mortar (ICS 91.100.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: FDUS EAS 18 -1, 
Cement - Part 1: Composition, specification and conformity criteria for common cements, 
1st edition (35 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This F inal Draft Uganda standard gives the specifications which 
include mechanical, physical and chemical requirements of 27 distinct common cements, 
seven sulphate resisting common cements as well as three distinct low early strength blast 
furnace cements and t wo sulphate resisting low early strength blast cements and their 
constituents. The standard also gives the composition of each cement in terms of 
proportions and requirements of the constituents which are to be combined to produce 
these distinct products i n a range of nine strength classes. Furthermore, this standard 
states the conformity criteria and the related rules. Necessary durability requirements are 
also given.  
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; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/587  
2. ASTM C311/C311M -13, Standard Test Methods for Sampling and Testing Fly Ash or 
Natural Pozzolans for Use in Portland -Cement Concrete  
3. ASTM C494/C494M -13, Standard Specification for Chemical Admixtures for 
Concrete  
4. ASTMC 1777 Standard Test Method for Rapid De termination of the Methylene Blue 
Value for Fine Aggregate or Mineral Filler Using a Colorimeter  G/TBT/N/UGA/862  
 
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  5. EAS 18 -2, Cement - Part 2: Conformity evaluation  
6. EAS 131 -1, Concrete - Part 1: Specification, performance, production and 
conformity  
7. EAS 148 -1, Cement - Test m ethods - Part 1: Determination of strength  
8. EAS 148 -2, Cement - Test methods - Part 2: Chemical analysis of cement  
9. EAS 148 -3, Cement - Test methods - Part 3: Determination of setting time and 
soundness  
10. EAS 148 -5, Cement - Test methods - Part 5: Pozzolanicity test for Pozzolanic 
cements  
11. EAS 148 -6, Cement - Test methods - Part 6: Determination of fineness  
12. EAS 148 -7, Cement - Test methods - Part 7: Methods of taking and preparing 
samples of cement  
13. EN 13639, Determination of total organic carbon cont ent in limestone  
14. ISO 9277, Determination of the specific surface area of solids by gas adsorption 
using the BET method  
15. ISO 9286, Abrasive grains and crude - Chemical analysis of silicon carbide  
16. ISO 29582 -2, Methods of testing cement -Determination of the h eat of hydration -
Part 2: Semi -adiabatic method  
17. EN 197 -1: 2011; Cement - Part 1; Composition, specifications and conformity 
criteria for common cements  
9. Proposed date of adoption: September 2018  
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 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/2018/TBT/UGA/18_3585_00_e.pdf