G/TBT/N/UGA/752  
 
25 September 2017  
(17-5057) 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 appli cable): School wear 
fabrics, textured yarns.  Woven fabrics obtained from high tenacity yarn of nylon or other 
polyamides or of polyesters (HS 540710), Tufted textile fabrics (HS 580230). Products of 
the textile industry (ICS 59.080).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: 
DUS 1700-7:2017, School wear fabrics – Part 7: Fabrics containing textured yarns. 
(12 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This draft Uganda standard covers the requirements for fabrics, 
of two weave structures, containing textured yarns and suitable for use in the manufacture 
of school clothing . 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of de ceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. SANS 1444 -7:2014, School wear fabrics  – Part 7: Fabrics containing textured yarns  
2. DUS 1789, Textiles – Standard Test Methods for Quantitative Analysis of Textiles  
3. DUS ISO 9073 -1, Textiles – Test methods for nonwovens – Part 1: Determination 
of mass per unit area  
4. DUS ISO 13935 -1, Textiles – Seam tensile properties of fabrics and made -up 
textile articles – Part 1: Determination of maximum force to seam rupture using 
the strip method  
5. DUS ISO 13935 -2, Textiles – Seam tensile properties of fabrics and made -up 
textile articles – Part 2: Determination of maximum force to seam rupture using 
the grab method  
6. US 441 -2/ISO 7211 -2, Textiles – Woven fabrics – construction – Methods of 
analysis – Part 2: Determination of number of threads per unit length  
7. US ISO 105 -B02, Textiles – Tests for colour fastness – Part B02: Colour fastness to G/TBT/N/UGA/752  
 
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  artificial light: Xenon arc fading l amp test  
8. US ISO 105 -C10, Textiles – Tests for colour fastness – Part C10: Colour fastness to 
washing with soap or soap and soda  
9. US ISO 105 -E04, Textiles – Tests for colour fastness – Part E04: Colour fastness to 
perspiration  
10. US ISO 105 -X12, Textiles – Tests for colour fastness – Part X12: Colour fastness to 
rubbing  
11. US ISO 1833 -1, Textiles – Quantitative chemical analysis – Part 1: General 
principles of testing  
12. US ISO 3801, Textiles – Woven fabrics – Determination of mass per unit length 
and mass per un it area  
13. US ISO 5077, Textiles – Determination of dimensional change in washing and 
drying  
14. US ISO 13934 -1, Textiles – Tensile properties of fabrics – Part 1: Determination of 
maximum force  
15. DUS 1700 -1, School wear fabrics – Part 1: General requirements  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2017  
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/2017/TBT/UGA/17_4241_00_e.pdf