G/TBT/N/UGA/1162  
9 January 2020  
(20-0197) 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 [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):  Anti-skid 
aggregates; Glass bead s, imitation pearls, imitation precious or semi -precious stones and 
similar glass smallwares, and articles thereof other than imitation jewellery; glass eyes 
other than prosthetic articles; statuettes and other ornaments of lamp - Worked glass, 
other than i mitation jewellery; glass microspheres not exceeding 1 mm in diameter (HS 
7018)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 
999:2019, Drop on materials for road marking paints — Specification, First Edition (41 
page(s), in  English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for glass beads, anti -skid aggregates, and the mixture of the two, which 
are applied as drop -on materials on road marking paint. This Standard is not applicable to 
glass beads  and/or anti -skid aggregates, or their mixture, applied during the process of 
manufacturing road marking paints.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive  practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1.  DUS DEAS   999:2019, Drop on materials for road marking paints — 
Specification,First Edition  
2.  ISO 4618, Paints and varnishes — Terms and definitionISO 787 -9, General 
methods of test for pigments and extenders — Part 9: Determination of pH value 
of aqueous susp ension  
3.  ISO 565, Test sieves — Metal wire cloth, perforated metal plate and 
electroformed sheet — Nominal sizes of openings  
4.  lSO 2591 -1, Test sieving — Part 1: Methods using test sieves of woven wire cloth G/TBT/N/UGA/1162  
 
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  and perforated metal plate  
5.  ISO 7724 -2, Paints and  varnishes — Calorimetry — Part 2: Colour measurement  
6.  ASTM D1155, Standard test method for roundness of glass spheres  
7.  EN 1423, Road marking materials — Drop on materials — Glass beads, antiskid 
aggregates and mixtures of the two  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2020  
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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/UGA/20_0264_00_e.pdf