G/TBT/N/UGA/584  
 
16 September 2016  
(16-4905) 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 poles . Articles 
of cement, of concrete or of artifici al 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 
489:2006, Concrete poles for telephone, power and lighting purposes - Specification,  
(28 pages, in English).  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the characteristics of pre -
cast reinforced, partially prestressed and prestressed concrete poles. Possible uses for the 
poles include electrical reticulation and dis tribution, railway traction, telephone line 
support, street lighting standards and high mast lighting structures.  
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. EAS 131, Concrete - Specification  
2. ISO 1920, Testing of concrete  
3. EAS 18 -1, Cement - Part 1: Composition, specification and conformity criteria for 
common cement  
4. BS EN 12620, Aggregates for concrete  
5. IEC 62305, Protection against lightning  
6. EAS 30, Steel bars  for reinforcement of concrete - Specification  
7. EAS 411 -1, Steel fo r the prestressing of concrete - Part 1: General requirements  
8. EAS 411 -2, Steel fo r the prestressing of concrete - Part 2: Cold -drawn wire  
9. EAS 411 -3, Steel fo r the prestressing of concrete - Part 3: Quenched and tempered 
wire 
10. EAS 411 -4, Steel fo r the prestressing of concrete - Part 4: Strand  
11. KS ISO 6934 -5, Steel for the prestre ssing of co ncrete - Part 5: Hot rolled steel bars 
with or without subsequent processing  
12. EN 934 -2, Admixtures for concrete, mortar and grout - Part 2: Concrete admixtures - 
Definitions and requirements  G/TBT/N/UGA/584  
 
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  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_3787_00_e.pdf