G/TBT/N/UGA/583  
 
16 September 2016  
(16-4902) 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 [  ], 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):  Concrete pipes, 
ancillary concrete products, road gullies, roa d gully cover slabs.  Articles of cement, of 
concrete or of artificial stone, whether or not reinforced. (HS 6810) . Concrete and concrete 
products (ICS 91.100.30)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  DUS EAS 426 -
7:2006, Concr ete pipes and ancillary concrete products - Part 7: Specification for road gullies 
and gully cover slabs. (26 pages, in English).  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements for precast 
concrete road gullies manufactured from monolithic concrete or prefabricated sections of 
concrete. A gully outlet may incorporate a permanent former, with or without a jointing 
profile for the connection of pipelines. Requirements are also specified for gully cover 
slabs.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Trade facilitation; Quality requirements ; Protection of Human health or Safety ; Prevention 
of deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. BS 12:1991, Specificatio n for Portland cement.  
2. BS 146:1991, Specification for Portland blastfurnace cements.  
3. BS 812, Testing aggregates.  
4. BS 812 -105.1, Methods for determination of particle shape.  
5. BS 812 -105.1:1989, Flakiness index.  
6. BS 812 -111:1990, Method for determination of ten  per cent fines value (TFV).  
7. BS 812 -112:1990, Method for determination of aggregate impact value (AIV).  
8. BS 882:1992, Specification for aggregates from natural sources for concrete.  
9. BS 1881, Testing concrete.  
10. BS 1881 -120:1983, Method for determination of th e compressive strength of concrete 
cores.  
11. BS 2648:1955, Performance requirements for electrically -heated laboratory drying 
ovens.  
12. BS 3892, Pulverized -fuel ash.  
13. BS 3892 -1:1993, Specification for pulverized -fuel ash for use with Portland cement.  G/TBT/N/UGA/583  
 
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  14. BS 4027:1991 , Specification for sulphate -resisting Portland cement.  
15. BS 5075, Concrete admixtures.  
16. BS 5075 -1:1982, Specification for accelerating admixtures, retarding admixtures and 
water reducing admixtures.  
17. BS 5075 -2:1982, Specification for air -entraining admixtures . 
18. BS 5075 -3:1985, Specification for superplasticizing admixtures.  
19. BS 6588:1991, Specification for Portland pulverized -fuel ash cements.  
20. BS 6699:1992, Specification for ground granulated blastfurnace slag for use with 
Portland cement.  
21. BS 8110, Structural us e of concrete.  
22. BS 8110 -1:1985, Code of practice for design and construction  
9. Proposed date of adoption: January 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives.   
10. Final date for comments:  7 November 2016  
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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/UGA/16_3786_00_e.pdf