G/TBT/N/UGA/586  
 
16 September 2016  
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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):  SALT; SULPHUR; 
EARTHS AND STONE; PLASTERING MATERIALS, LIME AN D CEMENT (HS 25) . Cement. 
Gypsum. Lime. Mortar (ICS 91.100.10)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  DUS 310 -2:2016, 
Cement - Part 2: Conformity evaluation, (30 pages, in English).  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Ugan da standard specifies the scheme for the 
assessment and verification of constancy of performance (AVCP) of cements to their 
corresponding product specification standards, including certification of constancy of 
performance by a product certification body. This standard provides technical rules for 
factory production control by the manufacturer, including autocontrol testing of samples, 
and for the tasks of the product certification body. It also provides rules for actions to be 
followed in the event of non -conformity, the procedure for the AVCP and requirements for 
dispatching centres.  
In this standard the word "cement" is used to refer both to common cements as defined in 
DUS 310 -1 and to other cements and binders for which the relevant product specificatio n 
standard makes reference to this Uganda standard and which are submitted for 
certification. Such cement is produced at a given factory and belongs to a particular type 
and a particular strength class, as defined and specified in the relevant product 
specification standard.  
This standard should be linked with other standards covering cements and binders, in 
particular for the assignments of tasks of the manufacturer and the product certification 
body.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of ur gent problems where applicable: 
Protection of Human health or Safety ; Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer 
protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. CEN/TR 14245, Cement - Guidelines for the application of EN 197 -2 Conformity 
evaluation  
2. EN 45020, Stan dardization and related activities  - General vocabulary  
3. ISO 9000, Quality management systems - Fundamentals and vocabulary  G/TBT/N/UGA/586  
 
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  4. EN 197 -2: 2014; Cement - Part 2; Conformity evaluation  
5. EN 196 -1, Methods of testing cement - Part 1: Determination of strength  
6. EN 197-1, Cement - Part 1: Composition, specifications and conformity criteria for 
common cements  
7. EN 14216, Cement - Composition, specifications and conformity criteria for very low 
heat special cements  
8. EN 15743, Supersulfated cement - Composition, specifi cations and conformity criteria  
9. ISO/IEC 17020, Conformity assessment - Requirements for the operation of various 
types of bodies performing inspection  
9. Proposed date of adoption: January 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon declaration as manda tory 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 b ody:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/UGA/16_3791_00_e.pdf