G/TBT/N/UGA/577  
 
15 September 2016  
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Committee o n 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):  Concrete pipes, 
ancillary concrete products, unreinforced conc rete pipes, reinforced concrete pipes.  Articles 
of cement, of concrete or of artificial stone, whether or not reinforced. (HS 6810) . Concrete 
and concrete products (ICS 91.100.30)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  DUS EAS  426-
1:2006, Concrete pipes and ancillary concrete products - Part 1: Specification for 
unreinforced and reinforced concrete pipes (including jacking pipes) and fittings with flexible 
joints, (30 pages, in English).  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies  requirements and describes 
test methods for precast concrete pipes and fittings, unreinforced, steel fibre and 
reinforced, with flexible joints and nominal sizes not exceeding DN 1750 or 
WN/HN  1200/1800, for which the main intende d use is the conveyance of sewage, 
rainwater and surface water under gravity or occasionally at low head of pressure in 
pipelines that are generally buried. The scope includes pipes (collectively referred to as 
?jacking pipes?) intended to be installed by pipe jacking, micro -tunnelling or other 
trenchless technology. This part of DUS EAS 426 specifies complementary requirements to 
those in EAS 419 for unreinforced and reinforced concrete pipes and fittings, as provided 
for in that European Standard, with no minal sizes not exceeding DN 1500 for circular pipes 
with base and WN/HN 800/1200 for egg -shaped pipes. Full requirements for reinforced 
concrete circular trench and jacking pipes with nominal sizes greater than DN 1750, but 
not exceeding DN 3000, are also  specified. In addition to pipes and fittings having a 
circular cross -section, EAS 419 also covers circular pipes with base and egg -shaped pipes.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Trade facil itation; Quality requirements ; Protection of Human health or Safety ; Prevention 
of deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. CD/K/61 -4/2004, Precast concrete pipes, fittings and ancillary products - Part 4: 
Specification for unreinforced and  reinforced pipes and fittings with flexible joints  
2. EAS 426 -120:1989, Precast concrete pipes, f ittings and ancillary products - Part 
120: Specification for reinforced jacking pipes with flexible joints  
3. BS 8110 -1:1997, Structural use of concrete  - Part 1: C ode of practice for design G/TBT/N/UGA/577  
 
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  and construction  
4. BS 8110 -2:1985, Structural use of concrete  - Part 2: Code of practice for special 
circumstances  
5. EAS 417 -1, Concrete  - Part 1: Method of specifying and guidance for the specifier  
6. EAS 417 -2, Concrete  - Part 2: Spec ification for constituent materials and concrete  
7. EN 752 -2:1997, Drain and sewer systems outside buildings  - Part 2: Performance 
requirements  
8. EN 752 -3:1997, Drain and sewer systems outside buildings - Part 3: Planning  
9. EN 752 -4:1998, Drain and sewer systems outside buildings - Part 4: Hydraulic 
design and environmental considerations  
10. EN 1295 -1:1998, Structural design of buried pipelines under various conditions of 
loading  - Part 1:General requirements  
11. BS EN 1610:1998, Construction and testing of drains and se wers. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: January 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives.   
10. Final date for comments:  7 November 2016  
11. Texts available from : National enqu iry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/UGA/16_37 80_00_e.pdf