G/TBT/N/UGA/582  
 
16 September 2016  
(16-4896) 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, porous pipes . 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 -
6:2006, Concrete pipes and ancillary concrete products - Part 6: Specification for porous 
pipes. (26 pages, in English).  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda standard specifies  requirements for 
unreinforced porous concrete pipes which are intended to admit water through the pipe 
wall throughout their full length and full circumference or, in the case of pipes with 
non-porous inverts, throughout part of their circumference. Porosity of the joint is not a 
requirement. The specification covers constituent materials, dimensional requirem ents, 
performance requirements, appropriate test methods and inspection procedures. 
Combinations of special cements have not been included in this standard in the absence of 
experience with them in this context.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the n ature 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, Specification for Portland cement  
2. BS 146, S pecification for Portland blastfurnace cements  
3. BS 882, Specification for aggregates from natural sources for concrete  
4. BS 903, Physical testing of rubber  
5. BS 903 -A26, Determination of hardness  
6. BS 1610, Materials testing machines and force verification equipm ent 
7. BS 1881, Testing concrete  
8. BS 1881 -5, Methods of testing hardened concrete for other than strength  
9. BS 3148, Methods of test for water for making concrete (including notes on the 
suitability of the water)  
10. BS 3797, Specification for lightweight aggregates  for masonry units and structural 
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  11. BS 4027, Specification for sulphate -resisting Portland cement  
12. BS 5075, Concrete admixtures  
13. BS 5750, Quality systems  
14. BS 5911, Precast concrete pipes, fittings and ancillary products.  
15. BS 5911 -100, Specification for unreinforced and reinforced pipes and fittings with 
flexible joints  
16. BS 6001, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes  
17. BS 6001 -1, Specification for sampling plans indexed by acceptable quality level 
(AQL) for lot -by-lot inspection  
18. BS 8110, Structura l use of concrete  
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/T BT/UGA/16_3785_00_e.pdf