G/TBT/N/UGA/698  
 
12 July 2017  
(17-3750) 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):  Pressed steel tanks.  
Stationary containers and tanks (ICS 23.0 20.10).  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  DUS 1566:2017, 
Pressed steel tanks — Specifications. (24 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements for materials, 
fabric ation, erection and supply of pressed steel tanks for the storage of cold and hot 
water and certain other liquids, under a pressure not greater than the static head 
corresponding to the depth of the tank.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature o f urgent problems where applicable: 
Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of human health or 
safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. IS 804: 1967, Specification for rectangular pressed steel tanks  
2. KS 761:2010, Pressed steel tanks — Specifications  
3. ISO 7452, Hot – rolled steel plates — Tolerances on dimensions and shape  
4. ISO 887, Plain washers for metric bolts, screws and nuts for general purposes — 
General plan  
5. ISO 10721 -1, Steel structures — Part 1: Materials and  design  
6. ISO 10799 -1, Cold -formed welded structural hollow sections of non -alloy and fine 
grain steels — Part 1: Technical delivery conditions  
7. US ISO 15609 -1, Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic 
materials — Welding procedure s pecification — Part 1: Arc welding  
8. ISO 12944 -1, Paints and varnishes — Corrosion protection of steel structures by 
protective coating systems — Part 1: General introduction  
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  9. ISO 12944 -2, Paints and varnishes — Corrosion protection of steel structures by 
protective paint systems — Part 2: Classification of environments  
10. ISO 12944 -3, Paints and varnishes — Corrosion protection of steel structures by 
protective paint systems — Part 3: Design considerations  
11. ISO 12944 -4, Paints and varnishes — Corrosion protectio n of steel structures by 
protective paint systems — Part 4: Types of surface and surface preparation  
12. ISO 12944 -5, Paints and varnishes — Corrosion protection of steel structures by 
protective paint systems — Part 5: Protective paint systems  
13. ISO 12944 -6, Pa ints and varnishes — Corrosion protection of steel structures by 
protective paint systems — Part 6: Laboratory performance test methods  
14. ISO 12944 -7, Paints and varnishes — Corrosion protection of steel structures by 
protective paint systems — Part 7: Execu tion and supervision of paint work  
15. ISO 12944 -8, Paints and varnishes — Corrosion protection of steel structures by 
protective paint systems — Part 8: Development of specifications for new work and 
maintenance  
16. ISO 8992, Fasteners — General requirements for bolts, screws, studs and nuts  
17. ISO 1461, Hot dip galvanized coatings on fabricated iron and steel articles — 
Specifications and test methods  
18. US ISO 6929, Steel products — Vocabulary  
9. Proposed date of adoption: December 2017  
Proposed date of entry into fo rce: 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 websi te address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/UGA/17_3143_00_e.pdf