G/TBT/N/UGA/932  
 
11 October 2018  
(18-6294) 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): Textile 
fibres (ICS 59.060).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS 1:2018, 
National flag of Uganda - Specification, Second Edition. (16 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda  Standard  prescribes requirements for the 
materials, design and make of two types (internal and external) of the National Flag of t he 
Republic of Uganda.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Quality requirements; Other; To support the existing national legislation on 
the flag to ensure that the Uganda flag is fully standardized in terms of performance and 
quality of material leading to ease of production and interchangeability between different 
manufacturers/suppliers  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. US ISO  104 - B03, Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part 1: Colour fastness to 
weathering: Outdoor exposure  
2. US ISO  105 - B02, Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part B02: Colour fastness 
to artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp test  
3. US ISO  105 - C10, Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part C10: Colour fastness 
to washing wi th soap or soap and soda  
4. US ISO 105 - X16, Textiles -Tests for colour fastness - Part X16: Colour fastness to 
rubbing - Small areas  
5. US ISO 1833 -25, Textiles - Quantitative chemical analysis - Part 25: Mixtures of 
polyester and certain other fibres (method using trichloroacetic acid and 
chloroform)  
6. US ISO 3801, Textiles - Woven fabrics - Determination of mass per unit length and 
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  7. US ISO 7211-2, Textiles - Woven fabrics - Construction - Methods of analysis - Part 
2: Determination of number o f threads per unit length  
8. US ISO 13934 -1, Textiles - Tensile properties of fabrics - Part 1: Determination of 
maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the strip method  
9. Proposed date of adoption: December 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_5311_00_e.pdf