G/TBT/N/UGA/1031  
 
7 March 2019  
(19-1385) 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 [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):  Curtains 
(including drapes) and interior blinds; curtain or bed valances (HS 6303); Textiles 
(ICS 49.025.60)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
DUS DEAS  971:2019, Textiles – Fabrics for household curtains and drapery – 
Specification, First edition. (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Uganda  Standard specifies performance 
requirements of fabrics for curtains and drapery. It covers all knit, lace, stitch -bonded, 
foam back and woven fabrics to be used in the manufacture of curtains and drapery. It is 
applicable to all fabrics except those made of glass. Except where otherwise indicated, 
these requirements also apply to fabrics for window blinds.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. EAS 237, Methods for the determination of colourfastness of textile materials to 
washing  
2. EAS 239 -1, Method for determination of colour fastness of textile materials to 
rubbing – Part 1: Dry and wet method  
3. EAS 243, Textiles – Tests for colour fastness – Colour fastness to light: Daylight  
4. ISO 105 -B01, Textiles – Tests for colour fastness – Colou r fastness to light: 
Daylight  
5. ISO 105 -B02, Textiles – Tests for colour fastness – Colour fastness to artificial 
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  6. ISO 105 -C06, Textiles – Tests for colour fastness – Colour fastness to domestic 
and commercial laundering  
7. ISO 105-D01, Textiles – Tests for colour fastness – Colour fastness to dry cleaning  
8. ISO 105 -X12, Textiles – Tests for colour fastness – Colour fastness to rubbing  
9. ISO 3071, Textiles – Determination of pH of the aqueous extract  
10. ISO 3175 (all parts), Textiles – Professional care, dry cleaning and wet cleaning 
of fabrics and garments  
11. ISO 3758, Textiles – Care labelling code using symbols  
12. ISO 3801, Textiles – Woven fabrics – Determination of mass per unit length and 
mass per unit area  
13. ISO 6330, Textiles – Domestic  washing and drying procedure for textile testing  
14. ISO 6941, Textile fabrics – Burning behaviour – Measurement of flame spread 
properties of vertically oriented specimens  
15. ISO 9073 -1, Textiles – Test methods for nonwovens – Part 1: Determination of 
mass per unit area  
16. ISO 9073 -5, Textiles – Test methods for nonwovens – Part 5: Determination of 
resistance to mechanical penetration (Ball burst procedure)  
17. ISO 9073 -18, Textiles – Test methods for nonwovens – Part 18: Determination 
of breaking strength and elongati on of nonwoven materials using the grab tensile 
test 
18. ISO 10528, Textiles – Commercial laundering procedure for textile fabrics prior 
to flammability testing  
19. ISO 12138, Textiles – Domestic laundering procedures for textile fabrics prior to 
flammability test ing 
20. ISO 13015, Woven fabrics — Widthway distortion – Determination of the skew 
percentage  
21. ISO 13934 -1, Textiles – Tensile properties of fabrics – Part 1: Determination of 
maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the strip method  
22. ISO 13937 -4, Tex tiles – Tear properties of fabrics – Part 4: Determination of tear 
force of tongue -shaped test specimens (Double tear test)  
23. BS 5867 1980  – Specifications for fabrics for curtains and drapes, Part 1, General 
requirements  
24. ASTM D3691/D3691M – 09 Standard Perf ormance Specification for Woven, Lace, 
and Knit Household Curtain and Drapery Fabrics  
25. NFPA 701 – Flame resistant textiles and fibres  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2020  
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/2019/TBT/UGA/19_1330_00_e.pdf