G/TBT/N/BDI/341 , G/TBT/N/KEN/1404  
G/TBT/N/RWA/848 , G/TBT/N/TZA/927  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1756  
9 March  2023 
(23-1755) 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, KENYA, 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 shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Uncoated 
paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, and 
non-perforated punchcards and punch -tape paper, in square or rectangular sheets with 
one side <= 435 mm and the other side <= 297 mm in the unfolded state, not containing 
fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi -mechanical process or of which <= 10% by 
weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres, and weighing 40 g to 150 g/m², 
n.e.s. (HS code(s): 480256); Office paper (ICS code(s): 85.080.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 864: 
2023, Photocopy paper — Specification, Second Edition; (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for photocopy paper  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements; Harmonization; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 186. Paper and board — Sampling to determine average quality  
2. ISO 187, Paper board a nd pulps — Standard atmosphere for conditioning and 
testing and procedure for monitoring the atmosphere and conditioning of samples  G/TBT/N/BDI/341 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1404 • G/TBT/N/RWA/848 • G/TBT/N/TZA/927 • 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1756  
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  3. ISO 216, Writing paper and certain classes of printed matter — Trimmed sizes — 
A and B series, and indication of machine direction  
4. ISO 287, Paper and board — Determination of moisture content of a lot — Oven-
drying method  
5. ISO 534, Paper and board — Determination of thickness, density and specific 
volume  
6. ISO 535, Paper and board — Determination of water absorptiveness  — Cobb 
method  
7. ISO 536, Paper and board — Determination of grammage  
8. ISO 2470 -2, Paper, board and pulps — Measurement of diffuse reflectance factor 
— Part 2: Outdoor daylight conditions (D65 brightness)  
9. ISO 2471, Paper and board — Determination of opacity ( paper backing) — Diffuse 
reflectance method  
10. ISO 6588 -1, Paper, board and pulps — Determination of pH of aqueous extracts 
— Part 1: Cold extraction  
11. ISO 8791 -1, Paper and board — Determination of roughness/smoothness (air leak 
methods) — Part 1: general meth od 
12. ISO 14968, Paper and board — Cut-size office paper — Measurement of curl in a 
pack of sheets  
13. ISO 21067, Packaging — Vocabulary  
14. KS 802 -2:2001, Specification for cut -size office papers - Part 2: Photocopy paper 
(Second Edition).  
15. EAS 863:2017, Paper and bo ard — Cut-size for general purposes — Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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:   
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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