G/TBT/N/BDI/463, G/TBT/N/KEN/1609  
G/TBT/N/RWA/1010, G/TBT/N/TZA/1117  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1921  
3 May 2024  
(24-3542) 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:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unb s.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Sunflower 
seeds, whether or not broken. (HS code(s): 1206); Plant growing (ICS code(s): 
65.020.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 823:2024, 
Sunflower seed — Requirements for certification, Second Edition ; 20 page(s), in English)  
Note: This Draft East African Standard was also notified to the SPS Committee . 
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the certification 
requirements for the production of pre -basic, basic and certified seed of sunflower 
(Helianthus annuus  L.). It includes requirements for eligible varieties, field standard s, 
field inspections, seed sampling, laboratory standards, certificates, packaging, labelling, 
and post -control tests.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of dec eptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/BDI/463 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1609 • G/TBT/N/RWA/1010 • G/TBT/N/TZA/1117 • 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1921  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. International Seed Te sting Association (ISTA) Rules  
2. OECD Seed Schemes; Guidelines for Control Plot Tests and Field Inspection of 
Seed Crops  
3. OECD Schemes for Varietal Certification or the Control of Seed Moving in the 
International Trade  
4. UPOV Test guidelines for sunflower  
5. Kenya Gazette Supplement 217, Acts N 53, 2012, the Seeds and Plant Varieties 
Act. Nairobi Kenya.  
6. Seed Regulations 2007 , Seed Act N18, 2003 Republic of Tanzania  
7. Seeds and Plant Act of Uganda, 2006  
8. Rwanda Seed Law # 14/2003.  
9. ASARECA, July 2007. Se ed Certification Standards for ten crops of the Major 
Economic Importance in EAST Africa and Rwanda., Obongo Nyachae STAK.  
10. ECAPAPA, ASARECA September, 2002. Harmonization of Seed Policies and 
Regulations in Eastern Africa  
11. Kenya Seed Sector Baseline Study, by Evans Olonyi Sikinyi, Seed Trade 
Association of Kenya, STAK,AFSTA 2010  
12. Rwanda Seed Sector Baseline Study, AFSTA 2010  
13. Uganda Seed Sector Baseline Study, Ruth N. Ssebuliba, Uganda Seed Trade 
Association (USTA).AFSTA 2010  
14. Burundi Seed Sector Baseline Study , Mr. Juvent Baramburiye, AFSTA 2010  
15. CABI, 2013. Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 
www.cabi.org/cpc.  
16. UPOV Convention Act 1991  
17. International Plant Protection Convention of 1951"  
18. The seeds and plants regulations for Uganda 2011  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1 /2 
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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