G/TBT/N/UGA/538  
 
16 April 2016  
(16-2212)  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 telephon e 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 [ ], 2.10 .1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], other: 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable): Reinforcing and 
Pre-stressing Steel for Concrete; Structural Steel Products; Roof Covering Steel Products; Cement, Building Lime and Other Hydraulic Binders; Pneumatic Tyres and Tubes for Automotive Vehicles and Trailers; Protective Safety Equipment; Gas cylinders, Valves and 
Regulators; Power cables and Luminaries (Lighting Equipment); Electronic, Sound and 
Communication Equipment; High Risk Foods and Food Products; High Risk Chemical Products, Personal Hygiene and Consumer Goods; Neutral spirit for manufacture of gins and 
alcoholic beverages; Toys; Electrical and Electronics; Automotive Products and Inputs; 
Chemical Products; Mechanical Materials and Gas Appliances; Textile, Leather, Plastics and Rubber; Furniture (wood and metal articles); Paper and Stationery; Protective Safety 
Equipment; Food and Food Products and Used  Products, including used Motor Vehicles. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft Uganda 
National Bureau of Standards (Enforcement of Compulsory Standard Specifications) 
Regulations, 2016 (17 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: The draft regulations contain provisions for marking or applying a 
distinctive mark on a commodity; prohibition regarding manufacture, import, storage, sale 
and distribution of any commodity covered by a compulsory standard specification unless the commodity conforms to the specified relevant standards or bears the distinctive mark; 
registration and authorization to use the distinctive mark; application of the distinctive 
mark on a commodity; terms of use of the dist inctive mark; Suspension of permit to use 
the distinctive mark; cancellation of permit; refusal to grant permit to use the distinctive 
mark; opportunity of applicant to be heard; renewal of Permit to use the distinctive mark; 
surveillance audits; administrative Sanctions; fees payable; offences and penalties; and appeals.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Protection of animal or plant life or health; quality requirements; protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:  Uganda National Bureau of Standards Act, Cap 327 G/TBT/N/UGA/538 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force: On the day on which the regulations are published in 
the Uganda Gazette   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
https://member s.wto.org/crnattachments/2 016/TBT/UGA/16_1569_00_e.pdf