G/TBT/N/UGA/874  
 
13 July 2018  
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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 [  ], 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): Traffic paint  
Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or 
chemically modi fied natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non -aqueous medium; 
solutions as defined in Note 4 to this Chapter. (HS 3208), Paints and varnishes (including 
enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural 
polymers, dis persed or dissolved in an aqueous medium. (HS 3209). Paints and varnishes 
(ICS 87.040), Road equipment and installations (ICS 93.080.30).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS 1992: 2018, 
Standard Test Method for No -Pick-Up Time of Traffic Paint, First Edition. (13 page(s), in 
English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard covers a laboratory procedure for 
determining the no -pick-up time of a traffic paint. The method uses a wheel consisting of a 
metal cylinder with rubber O -rings. The wheel is rolled down a ramp over a freshly applied 
traffic paint film repeatedly until there is no transfer of paint to the rubber rings. The 
elapsed time from paint film application to point of no paint transfer is the no -pick-up time. 
Key variables to be controlled during testing are film thickness, temperature, humidity, 
and air flow. The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values 
given in parentheses are for information only.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ASTM D823  Practices for Producing Films of Uniform Thickness of Paint, Varnish, 
and Related Products on Test Panels  
2. ASTM D1212  Test Methods for Measurement of Wet Film Thickness of Organic 
Coatings  
3. ASTM D1414  Test Methods for Rubber O -Rings  G/TBT/N/UGA/874  
 
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  4. ASTM D2000  Classification System for Rubber Products in Au tomotive Applications  
5. ASTM D4414  Practice for Measurement of Wet Film Thickness by Notch Gages  
6. ASTM D5741  Practice for Characterizing Surface Wind Using a Wind Vane and 
Rotating Anemometer  
9. Proposed date of adoption: December 2018  
Proposed date of entry  into force: Not applicable  
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: