G/TBT/N/UGA/1149  
17 December 2019  
(19-8776) 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 [   ], 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):  Surgical 
suture needles; -- Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures (HS 901832); Surgical 
instruments and ma terials (ICS 11.040.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 
1018:2019, Surgical suture needles — Specification, First edition (17 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifie s the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for surgical suture needles.  
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. ASTM A751 -01, St andard Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for 
Chemical Analysis of Steel Products  
2. ASTM F1089 -02, Standard Test Method for Corrosion of Surgical Instruments  
3. ASTM F1840 -10, Standard Terminology for Surgical Suture Needles  
4. ISO 6507 -1, Metallic materials —Vicker hardness test — Part 1: Test method  
5. ISO 24153, Random sampling and randomisation procedures  
6. ISO 13402, Surgical and dental hand instruments — Determination of resistance 
against autoclaving,  
7. corrosion and thermal exposure  
8. ASTM F3014 – 14, Standard Test Method for Penetration Testing of Needles 
Used in Surgical Sutures  
9. ASTM F1874 - 98, Standard Test Method for Bend Testing of Needles Used in 
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  10. IS 1501:2002, Method for Vickers hardness test for metallic materials (Third 
Revisi on). 
11. IS 7531 (1990): Surgical Instruments — Corrosion Resistance of Stainless Steel 
Surgical Instruments — Methods of Tests.  
12. IS 9165 (Part 1): 1992, Surgical instruments — Needles, suture Part 1 — 
Specification.  
13. ISO 6507 -2:2018, Metallic materials — Vicker s hardness test — Part 2: 
Verification and calibration of testing machines.  
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_7275_00_e.pdf