G/TBT/N/UGA/927  
 
10 October 2018  
(18-6270) 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 applicable): Organic -
inorganic compound fertilizer; Fertilisers (HS 31). Fertilizers (ICS 65.080).  
5. Title, number of pages a nd language(s) of the notified document: DUS 2078, 
Organic - Inorganic compound fertilizer - Specification, First edition (18 page(s), in 
English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda standard specifies the requirements, sampling 
and test method s of organic -inorganic compound fertilizers.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of animal or plant life or health; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. US ISO 10390, Soil quality - Determination of pH  
2. ISO 17184: Soil quality -- Determination of carbon and nitrogen by near -infrared 
spectrometry (NIRS)  
3. ISO 8157, Fertilizers and soil conditioners -- Vocabulary  
4. US ISO 11261, Soil quality - Determination of total nitrogen - Modified Kjeldahl 
method  
5. US ISO 10694, Soil quality - Determination of organic and total carbon after dry 
combustion (elementary  analysis)  
6. US ISO 11261, Soil quality - Determination of total nitrogen - Modified Kjeldahl 
method  
7. US ISO 6598, Fertilizers - Determination of phosphorus content - Quinoline 
phosphomolybdate gravimetric method  
8. US ISO 8397, Solid fertilizers and soil conditioners - Test sieving  G/TBT/N/UGA/927  
 
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  9. US ISO 11265, Soil quality - Determination of the specific electrical conductivity  
10. US ISO 17318, Fertilizers and soil conditioners - Determination of arsenic, 
cadmium, chromium, lead and mercury contents  
11. US ISO 11047, Soil quali ty - Determination of cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, 
lead, manganese, nickel and zinc in aqua regia extracts of soil - Flame and 
electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometric methods.  
12. US ISO 725, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizon tal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable 
number technique  
13. US ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp.  
14. DUS ISO 7899 -1, Water quality -- Detection and enumeration of intestinal 
enterococci -- Part 1: Miniaturized method (Most Probable Number) for surface and 
waste water  
15. US ISO 9308 -2, Water quality - Enumeration of Escherichia coli and col iform 
bacteria - Part 2: Most Probable Number method (2nd Edition)  
16. US ISO 7409, Fertilizers -- Marking -- Presentation and declarations  
17. US ISO 8397: Solid fertilizers and soil conditioners - Test sieving  
18. GB 18877 -2009, Organic - inorganic compound fertilize r. 
19. China standard for Organic - inorganic compound fertilizer  
20. ARSO standards for organic fertilizer  
9. Proposed date of adoption: December 2018  
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/2018/TBT/UGA/18_5294_00_e.pdf