G/TBT/N/BDI/360, G/TBT/N/KEN/1440  
G/TBT/N/RWA/871, G/TBT/N/TZA/974  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1776  
31 May 2023  
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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:  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@unbs .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 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  - Treated 
with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives: (HS code(s): 44031); Wood -protecting  
chemicals (ICS code(s): 71.100.50)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 325: 
2023, Wood preservatives and treated timber — Guide to sampling and preparation of 
wood preservatives and treated timber for analysis, Second  Edition; (18 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard gives guidance on the general 
procedures to be followed in the sampling and preparation for analysis of preservatives 
and preservative -treated timber. No attemp t has been made here to define rigidly any 
detailed methodology to be followed in operations in these areas because this can depend 
upon the nature of the preservative, the method of treatment, and the particular 
requirements of relevant approval authoriti es. 
This Draft East African Standard is applicable to the provision of appropriate samples for 
analysis which may be used to check the content of active components in preservative 
formulations, and to determine the identity, location and concentration of prese rvatives 
in treated timber. The techniques described may be employed in a wide variety of 
applications ranging from laboratory research through to the checking of preservatives or 
preservative -treated timber for arbitration purposes. In most cases it is po ssible, by 
chemical analysis, to determine whether or not a sample of timber has received a 
preservative treatment and the results can often give an indication of the type of G/TBT/N/BDI/360 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1440 • G/TBT/N/RWA/871 • G/TBT/N/TZA/974 • 
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  treatment the wood has received when due consideration is given to other relevant  
factors, such as timber species and heartwood/ sapwood ratio, in the samples under test.  
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; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
DEAS 325: 2023, Wood preservatives and treated timber — Guide to sampling and 
preparation of wood preservatives and treated timber for analy sis, Second Edition  
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  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/UGA/23_09895_00_e.pdf