G/TBT/N/UGA/747  
 
22 September 2017  
(17-5028) 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 [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 appli cable): Fabrics, 
blazer fabrics, school wear blazers.  Jackets and blazers: (HS 61033), Jackets and blazers: 
(HS 61043), Jackets and blazers: (HS 62033), Jackets and blazers: (HS 62043). Products 
of the textile industry (ICS 59.080).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS 1700 -
2:2017, School wear fabrics — Part 2: Blazer fabrics. (14 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This draft Uganda standard covers the specific requirements for 
six types of plain dyed fabric and one type of striped fabric suitable for use in the 
manufacture of school wear blazers . 
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  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. SANS 1444 -2:2014, School wear fabrics  — Part 2: Blazer fabrics  
2. DUS 1789, Standard Test Methods for Quantitative Analysis of Textiles  
3. DUS ISO 137, Wool — Determination of fibre diameter — Projection microscope 
method  
4. DUS ISO 3175 -2, Textiles — Professional care, dry -cleaning and wet -cleaning of 
fabrics and garments — Part 2: Procedure for testing performance when cleaning 
and finishing usin g tetrachloroethene  
5. DUS ISO 3998, Textiles — Determination of resistance to certain insect pests  
6. DUS ISO 8498, Woven fabrics — Description of defects — Vocabulary  
7. DUS ISO 12945 -3, Textiles — Determination of the fabric propensity to surface 
pilling, fuzzin g or matting — Part 3: Random tumble pilling method  
8. US 441 -2/ISO 7211 -2, Textiles — Woven fabrics —construction —Methods of 
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  9. US ISO 105 -B02, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B02 : Colour fastness 
to artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp test  
10. US ISO 105 -C10, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part C10: Colour fastness 
to washing with soap or soap and soda  
11. US ISO 105 -D01, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part D01: Colour  fastness 
to dry -cleaning using perchloroethylene solvent  
12. US ISO 105 -E04, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part E04: Colour fastness 
to perspiration  
13. US ISO 105 -X12, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part X12: Colour fastness 
to rubbing  
14. US ISO 18 33-1, Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis — Part 1: General 
principles of testing  
15. US ISO 3801, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length 
and mass per unit area  
16. US ISO 5077, Textiles — Determination of dimensional change in wash ing and 
drying  
17. US ISO 5089, Textiles — Preparation of laboratory test samples and test 
specimens for chemical testing  
18. US ISO 13934 -1, Textiles — Tensile properties of fabrics — Part 1: Determination 
of maximum force  
19. 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_4213_00_e.pdf