G/TBT/N/UGA/1285  
8 March 2021  
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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  
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 dif ferent from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Quicklime, 
slaked lime and hydraulic lime (excl. pure calcium oxide and calcium hydroxide) (HS 
2522); Fertilizers (ICS 65.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS ARS 1492: 
2021, Agricultural liming materia ls — Specification, First Edition (24 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and 
methods of sampling and tests for agricultural liming materials.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nat ure of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of animal or plant life or health; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization  G/TBT/N/UGA/1285  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. EN 12048, Solid fertilizers and liming materials — Determination of moisture 
content — Gravimetric method by drying at 105±2 °C  
2. ISO 7409, Fertilizers — Marking — Presentation and declarations  
3. ISO 8157, Fertilizers and soil conditioners  — Vocabulary  
4. ISO 8397, Solid fertilizers and soil conditioners — Test sieving  
5. ISO 11047, Soil quality — Determination of cadmium, chromium, cobalt, 
copper, lead, manganese,  
6. nickel and zinc — Flame and electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometric 
methods  
7. ISO 11465, Soil quality — Determination of dry matter and water content on a 
mass basis — Gravimetric method  
8. ISO 14820 -1, Fertilizers and liming materials — Sampling and sample 
preparation — Part 1: Sampling  
9. ISO 14820 -2, Fertilizers and liming materials — Sampling and sample 
preparation — Part 2: Sample preparation  
10. ISO 17318, Fertilizers and soil conditioners — Determination of arsenic, 
cadmium, chromium, lead and mercury contents  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives  
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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