G/TBT/N/UGA/579  
 
15 September 2016  
(16-4889) 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):  Concrete pipes, 
ancillary concrete products, unreinforced conc rete inspection chambers, reinforced concrete 
inspection chambers.  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 th e notified document:  DUS EAS 426 -
3:2006, Concrete pipes and ancillary concrete products - Part 3: Specification for 
unreinforced and reinforced concrete inspection chambers, (22 pages, in English).  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard sp ecifies complementary 
requirements to those for unreinforced and reinforced concrete inspection chambers of 
circular and rectangular cross -section (with or without chamfered or rounded corners), as 
provided for in that Standard. This part also specifies re quirements for inspection chamber 
units less than or equal to DN 1000 or LN/WN 1000/675 not exceeding 1 metre depth to 
invert. The inspection chambers are mainly intended for installation in areas outside the 
highway and where vehicle loading is restricted . 
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Trade facilitation; Quality requirements ; Protection of Human health or Safety ; Prevention 
of deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. BS 5911-2:1982, Precast concrete pipes, fittings and ancillary products  - Part 2: 
Specification for inspection chambers.  
2. BS 8110 -1:1997, Structural use of concrete - Part 1: Code of practice for design 
and construction.  
3. BS 8110 -2:1985, Structural use of concre te - Part 2: Code of practice for special 
circumstances.  
4. BS 8500 -1:2002, Concrete  - Complementary British Standard to BS EN 206 -1 -
Part 1: Method of specifying and guidance for the specifier.  
5. BS 8500 -2:2002, Concrete  - Complementary British Standard to BS EN 206 -1 - 
Part 2: Specification for constituent materials and concrete.  
6. BS EN 124:1994, Gully tops and manhole tops for vehicular and pedestrian areas - 
Design requirements, type testing, marking, quality control.  
7. BS EN 752 -2:1997, Drain and sewer systems  outside buildings - Part 2: G/TBT/N/UGA/579  
 
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  Performance requirements.  
8. BS EN 752 -3:1997, Drain and sewer systems outside buildings - Part 3: Planning.  
9. BS EN 752 -4:1998, Drain and sewer systems outside buildings - Part 4: Hydraulic 
design and environmental considerations.  
10. BS 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 sewers.  
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 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/2016/TBT/UGA/16_3782_00_e.pdf