G/TBT/N/UGA/580  
 
15 Septe mber 2016  
(16-4891) 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):  Concrete pipes, 
ancillary concrete products, pre -stressed non -pressure pipes, pre -stressed non -pressure  
fittings with flexible joints.  Articles of cement, of concrete or of artificial stone, whether or 
not reinforced. (HS 6810) . Concrete and concrete products (ICS 91.100.30)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  DUS EAS 426 -
4:2006, Concrete pipes and ancillary concrete products - Part 4: Specification for pre -
stressed non -pressure pipes and fittings with flexible joints. (36 pages, in English).  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uga nda Standard specifies requirements and describes 
test methods for pre -stressed concrete non -pressure circular pipes and fittings with flexible 
joints (with seals either integrated in the units or supplied separately) and nominal sizes 
not exceeding DN 320 0, for which the main intended use is the conveyance of sewage, 
rainwater and surface water under gravity or occasionally at low head of pressure, in 
pipelines that are generally buried.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Trade facilitation; Quality requirements , Protection of Human health or Safety ; Prevention 
of deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. BS 5911 -1:2002, Concrete pipes and ancillary concrete products - Part 1: 
Specification for unreinforced and reinforced concrete pipes (including jacking 
pipes) and fittings with flexible joints  
2. BS 5911 -100:1988, Concrete pipes and ancillary concrete products  - Part 100: 
Specification for unreinforced and reinforced pipes and fit tings with flexible joints  
3. BS 8110 -1:1997, Structural use of concrete  - Part 1: Code of practice for design 
and construction.  
4. BS 8110 -2:1985, Structural use of concrete  - Part 1: Code of practice for special 
circumstances.  
5. BS 8500 -1:2002, Concrete - Comple mentary British Standard to BS EN 206 -1 - 
Part 1: Method of specifying and guidance for the specifier.  
6. BS 8500 -2:2002, Concrete - Complementary British Standard to BS EN 206 -1 - 
Part 2:  
7. Specification for constituent materials and concrete.  G/TBT/N/UGA/580  
 
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  8. BS EN 642:1995, Prestressed concrete pressure pipes, cylinder and non -cylinder, 
including joints, fittings and specific requirement for prestressing steel for pipes.  
9. BS EN 752 -2:1997, Drain and sewer systems outside buildings  - Part 2: 
Performance requirements.  
10. BS EN 752 -3:1997, Drain and sewer systems outside buildings  - Part 3: Planning.  
11. BS EN 752 -4:1998, Drain and sewer systems outside buildings  - Part 4: Hydraulic 
design and environmental considerations.  
12. BS EN 1295 -1:1998, Structural design of buried pipelines under va rious conditions 
of loading  - Part 1: General requirements.  
13. BS EN 1610:1998, Construction and testing of drains and sewers.   
9. Proposed date of adoption: January 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives.   
10. Final date for comments:  7 November 2016  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/UGA/16_3783_00_e.pdf