G/TBT/N/BDI/176  
G/TBT/N/RWA/567  
G/TBT/N/TZA/664  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1498  
4 November 2021  
(21-8391) 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:  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 [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):  Cotton ear 
buds; Wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, 
poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail 
sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary p urposes (excl. adhesive dressings and 
other articles having an adhesive layer) (HS 300590); Medical sciences and health care 
facilities in general (ICS 11.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 
1069:2021, Cotton ear bud — Specification, First Edition (18 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for cotton ear buds.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent prob lems where 
applicable:  National security requirements; Consumer information, labelling; Prevention 
of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facili tating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 1833 -11, Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis — Part 11: Mixtures of 
certain cellulose fibres with certain other fibres (method using sulfuric acid)  G/TBT/N/BDI/176, G/TBT/N/RWA/567, G/TBT/N/TZA/664, G/TBT/N/UGA/1498  
 
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  2. ISO 2859 -1, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes — Part 1: 
Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot 
inspection  
3. ISO 3071, Textiles — Determination of pH of aqueous extract  
4. ISO 10993, Biological evaluation of medical devices  
5. ISO 11737 -1, Sterilization of health c are products — Microbiological methods — 
Part 1: Determination of a population of microorganisms on products  
6. KS 2245:2010, Specification for cotton ear buds  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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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