G/TBT/N/UGA/1410  
17 September 2021  
(21-6945) 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  
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 dif ferent 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):  Bathroom 
Slippers; Footwear with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials 
(excl. sports footwear, incl. tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes 
and the like, and toy footwear) (HS 640419); Footwear (I CS 61.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2441:2021, 
Bathroom Slippers — Specification, First Edition (22 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and 
methods of test for bathroom slippers.  
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; Q uality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 48 -2, Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic — Determination of hardness — 
Part 2: Hardnessbetween 10 IRHD and 100 IRHD  
2. ISO 16177 , Footwear — Resistance to crack initiation and growth — Belt flex 
method  
3. ISO 2420, Leather — Physical and mechanical tests — Determination of 
apparent density and mass perunit area  
4. ISO 3377 -1, Leather — Determination of tearing load.  G/TBT/N/UGA/1410  
 
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  5. US ISO 17706 , Footwear —Test methods for uppers —Tensile strength and 
elongation  
6. US ISO 20871 , Foot wear -Test methods for outsoles -Abrasion resistance  
7. US ISO 3376 , Leather — Physical and mechanical tests — Determination of 
tensile strength and percentage extension  
8. DKS1620:2020, Bathroom slippers –Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  November 2021  
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:   
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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