G/TBT/N/UGA/1289  
6 April 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 [   ], 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):  
Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments (excl. liquid -filled 
thermometers for direct reading) (HS 902519); Diagnostic equipment (ICS 11.040.55)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2 299:2021, 
Standard Specification for Infrared Thermometers for Intermittent Determination of 
Patient Temperature, First Edition (28 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard covers electronic instruments 
intended for inter mittent measuring and monitoring of patient temperatures by means of 
detecting the intensity of thermal radiation between the subject of measurement and the 
sensor. The Draft Uganda Standard addresses assessing subject's body internal 
temperature through m easurement of thermal emission from the ear canal. Performance 
requirements for non -contact temperature measurement of skin are also provided.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labe lling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/UGA/1289  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. ASTM E177 Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in ASTM Test 
Methods  
2. ASTM  E344 Terminology Relating to Thermometry and Hydrometry  
3. ASTM  E667 Specification for Mercury -in-Glass, Maximum Self - Registering 
Clinical Thermometers  
4. ASTM  E1112 Specification for Electronic Thermometer for Intermittent 
Determination of Patient Temperature  
5. IEC 6 01-1-2: 1993 Medical Electrical Equipment, Part 1; General Requirements 
for Safety. Collateral Standard: Electromagnetic Compatibility —Requirements 
and Tests  
6. IEC 1000 -4-2: 1995 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) —Part 4: Testing and 
Measurement Techniques;  Section 2: Electrostatic Discharge Immunity Test: 
Basic EMC Publication (Rev. of IEC 801 -2) 
7. IEC 1000 -4-3: 1995 Electromagnetic Compatibility  
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