G/TBT/N/BDI/166  
G/TBT/N/RWA/557  
G/TBT/N/TZA/654  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1486  
28 October 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:  BURUNDI, RWANDA, TANZANIA, 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 shal l 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):  Wooden 
flush door shutters; Doors and their frames and thresholds, of wood (HS 441820); Doors 
and windows (ICS 91.060.50)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1066 -
2:2021, Wooden flush door shutters — Specification for cellular and hollow core type — 
Part 2: Particleboards and hardwood face panels, First Edition (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East Africa Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test metho ds of wooden flush door shutters of cellular and hollow core type 
with particleboard face panels (both veneered and unveneered) and hard -board face 
panels  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer infor mation, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 1804, Doors — Terminology  
2. ISO 16893, Wood -based panels — Particleboard  
3. EAS 24, Timber industry — Glossary of terms  G/TBT/N/BDI/166, G/TBT/N/RWA/557, G/TBT/N/TZA/654, G/TBT/N/UGA/1486  
 
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  4. DEAS 1065 -1, Wooden flush door shutters of solid core type — Specification — 
Part 1: Plywood face panels  
5. US Wooden flush door shutters — Specification for cellular and hollow core type 
— Part 2: Part icleboards and hardwood face panels  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] 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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