G/TBT/N/BDI/165  
G/TBT/N/RWA/556  
G/TBT/N/TZA/653  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1485  
 
27 Octob er 2021 
(21-8131) 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:  BURUNDI, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go. ug 
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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 shal l 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):  Wooden 
flush door shutters; Doors and their frames and thresholds, of wood (HS 441820); Doors 
and windows (ICS 91.060.50)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1066 -
1:2021, Wooden flush door shutters of cellular and hollow core type — Specification — 
Part 1: Plywood face panels, First Edition (18 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods of cellular and h ollow core wooden flush door shutters with 
face panels of plywood or cross -band and face veneers  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 13608, Specification for veneered decorative plywood  
2. EAS 324, Copper/chromium/arsenic compositions for the preservation of timber 
— Method for timber treatment  
3. ISO 1804, Doors — Terminology  G/TBT/N/BDI/165, G/TBT/N/RWA/556, G/TBT/N/TZA/653, G/TBT/N/UGA/1485  
 
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  4. ISO 16893, Wood -based panels — Particleboard  
5. EAS 24, Timber industry — Glossary of terms  
6. US 1657 -1:2017, Wooden flush door shutters — Specification for cellular and 
hollow c ore type — Part 1: Plywood face panels  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1 /2 
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
 
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