G/TBT/N/UGA/1254  
11 November 2020  
(20-8063) Page: 1/3 
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):  Cocoa 
beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted (HS 1801); Cocoa shells, husks, skins and other 
cocoa waste (HS 1802); Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted (HS 1803); Cocoa butter, 
fat and oil (HS 1804); Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar o r other sweetening 
matter (HS 1805); Cocoa (ICS 67.140.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DARS 
1000-1:2020, Sustainable cocoa — Part 1: Requirements for Cocoa Farmer as an 
Entity/Farmer Group/Cooperative — Manageme nt Systems and Performance, First Edition 
(52 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements for 
Cocoa Farmer as an Entity/Farmer  Group/Cooperative to comply with Management 
Systems and for performanc e relating to structuring  the management of Farmer as an 
Entity/Farmer Group/Cooperative to enhance performance and meet  the economic, social 
and environmental pillars for sustainable cocoa bean (Theobroma cacao  Linnaeus) 
production.  
7. Objective and rati onale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  G/TBT/N/UGA/1254  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 2451, Cocoa beans — Specification and quality requirements  
2. ISO 9000, Quality management systems — Fundamentals and vocabulary  
3. ISO 19011, Guidelines for auditing management systems  
4. ISO 2292:2017, Cocoa beans — Sampling  
5. ISO 2451:2017, Cocoa beans — Specification and quality requirements  
6. ISO 34101 -1:2019, Sustainable and traceable cocoa — Part 1 : Requirements for 
cocoa sustainability management systems  
7. ISO 34101 -2:2019, Sustainable and traceable cocoa — Part 2: Requirements for 
performance (related to economic, social and environmental aspects)  
8. ISO 34101 -3:2019, Sustainable and traceable cocoa — Part 3: Requirements for 
traceability  
9. ISO 34101 -4:2019, Sustainable and traceable cocoa — Part 4: Requirements for 
certification schemes  
10. International Labour Organization (ILO): Forced Labour Convention (No. 29). 
1930 
11. International Labour Organization (ILO): Freedom of Association and Protection 
of the Right to Organise Convention (No. 87). 1948  
12. International Labour Organization (ILO): Right to Organise and Collective 
Bargaining Convention (No. 98). 1949  
13. International Labour Organization (I LO): Equal Remuneration Convention (No. 
100). 1951  
14. International Labour Organization (ILO): Abolition of Forced Labour Convention 
(No. 105). 1957  
15. International Labour Organization (ILO): Discrimination (Employment and 
Occupation) Convention (No.111). 1958  
16. International Labour Organization (ILO): Minimum Age for Admission to 
Employment and Work (No. 138). 1999  
17. International Labour Organization (ILO): Worst Forms of Child Labour 
Convention (No. 182). 1999  
18. Ohada Uniform Act of 15 December 2010 on the Law of Co operative Societies 
(Articles 4, 5 and 6)  
19. [20] United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP): Convention on Biological 
Diversity. 1992  
20. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP): Montreal Protocol on 
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. 1989  
21. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP): Convention on Biological 
Diversity. 1992  
22. United Nations General Assembly: Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 1948  
23. United Nations General Assembly: International Covenant on Civil and Political 
Rights. 1966  
24. United Nations General Assembly: International Covenant on Economic, Social, 
and Cultural Rights. 1966.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  January 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives  G/TBT/N/UGA/1254  
 
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  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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