G/TBT/N/UGA/602  
 
10 January 2017  
(17-0141) Page: 1/3 
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  
Nam e 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) : Ladies ' closed shoes.  
Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS: 64); Footwear (ICS : 61.060)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document : DUS 1655 -1:2016, 
Footwea r – Ladies shoes – Specification – Part 1 : Closed shoes  (23 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content : This Draft Uga nda standard specifies the requirements and test 
methods for ladies closed shoes made from all types of materials and of all constructions 
and designs. The draft Standard intends to  give specifications for ladies'  closed shoes. It 
will assist footwear manu facturers and merchants in getting value for their products. In 
addition, it will give the general consumers of the product bases to choose the products 
from an informed state. The main purpose of this draft standard therefore is to provide a 
basis for e valuating the quality of ladies'  closed shoes.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection ; Protection of 
human health or safety ; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents : 
1. MS 887 : 1982 Specification for spike proof combat boots  
2. IS 2060 : 1984 Specification for gents shoes  
3. SABS 421 : 1976 Specification for the production of men's shoes (good year welted 
with stitched or stuck -on outer soles)  
4. SABS 1363 : 1999 Sp ecification for young people' s shoes (stuck -on and stitch -down 
constructions)  
5. KS 01 -679: 1989 Specification for sole leather  
6. BATA Shoe Company specifications  
7. KS 08 -893: Part 2 : 1993 Specification for upholstery fabrics – Part 2 : Coated fabrics  
8. ISO 19952 : Footwear – Vocabulary  G/TBT/N/UGA/602  
 
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  9. US ISO 9407 : Shoes sizes – Mondo point system of sizing and marking  
10. ISO 2589 : Leather  – Physical and mechanical tests – Determination of thickness  
11. ISO 17706 : Footwear  – Test methods for uppers – Tensile strength and elongation  
12. US ISO 3376: Leather – Physical and mechanical tests – Determination of tensile 
strength and percentage elongation  
13. ISO 17696 : Footwear  – Test methods for uppers, linings and insocks – Tear strength  
14. US ISO 11644 : Leather  – Test for adhesion of finish  
15. ISO 17700 : Footwear  – Test methods for uppers, linings and insocks  – Colour 
fastness to rubbing  
16. ISO 17699 : Footwear  – Test methods for uppers and lining  – Water vapour 
permeability and absorption  
17. ISO 5398 -1: Leathe r – Chemical determination of chromic oxide content by titration  
18. US ISO 20344 : Personal protective equipment – Test methods for footwear  
19. US ISO 4045 : Leather -Chemical tests – Determination of Ph  
20. US ISO 4048 : Leather -Chemical tests – Determination of matter soluble in 
dichloromethane and free fatty acid content  
21. ISO 4047 : Leather  – Determination of sulphated total ash and sulphated water 
insoluble ash  
22. ISO 4098 : Leather -Chemical tests – Determination of water soluble matter, water 
soluble inorganic matter and water soluble organic matter  
23. US ISO 3380 : Leather  – Physical and mechanical tests – Determination of shrinkage 
temperature up to 100o C 
24. US ISO 105 -B02: Textiles  – Tests for colour fastness to artificial light  
25. ISO 11642 : Leather  – Tests for colour fastness – Colour fastness to water  
26. ISO 20869 : Footwear  – Test m ethod for outsoles, insoles, linings and insocks – 
Water soluble content  
27. ISO 7619 -2: Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic – Determination of indentation 
hardness  
28. ISO 22654 : Footwear – Test methods for outsoles – Tensile strength and elongation  
29. ISO 17707 : Footwear – Test methods for outsoles – Flex resistance  
30. ISO 20865 : Footwear – Test methods for outsoles – Compression energy  
31. ISO 20875 : Footwear –Test methods for outsoles – Determination of split tear 
strength and delamination resistance  
32. ISO 20874 : Footwear – Test methods for outsoles – Needle tear strength  
33. US ISO 13287 : Personal protective equipment – Footwear test method for slip 
resistance  
34. US ISO 4684 : Leather – Chemical tests – Determination of volatile matter  
35. ISO 17072 -2: Leather – Chemical determination  of metal content  
36. ISO 6942 : Protection against heat and fire – Evaluation of materials and material 
assemblies when exposed to a source of radiant heat  
37. ISO 3378 : Leather – Physical and mechanical tests – Determination of resistance to 
grain cracking and gr ain crack index  
38. ISO 22649 : Footwear – Test methods for insoles and insocks – Water absorption and 
desorption  
39. ISO 9073 -2: Textiles – Test methods for non wovens – Determination of thickness  G/TBT/N/UGA/602  
 
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  40. US ISO 17708 : Footwear – Test methods for whole shoe – Upper sole a dhesion  
41. ISO 17697 : Footwear – Test methods for uppers, lining and insocks – Seam strength  
42. ISO 17702 : Footwear – Test methods for uppers – Water resistance  
43. ISO 20871 : Footwear – Test methods for outsoles – Abrasion resistance  
44. ISO 22650 : Footwear – Test meth ods for whole shoe – Heel attachment  
45. ASTM D6182 : Flexibility and Adhesion of finish on Leather  
46. ASTM D6020 : Calculation of (Non mineral) Combined Tanning Agents and Degree of 
tannage  
9. Proposed date of adoption : June 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 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/UGA/17_0063_00_e.pdf