Regulatory Updates

Distribution date: 09 May 2022 | Final date for Comment: 08 July 2022

Revision of the Mandatory Standards SI 5817 parts 1 and 2, dealing with drinking equipment for children, to be replaced with SI 14350. This draft standard revision adopts the European Standard EN 14350: June 2020, with a few changes as detailed in the standard's Hebrew section.  The major differences between the old version and this new revised draft standard are as follow:Combines the two old standards' parts into one new standard;Applies to drinking equipment for children under the age of 4, while its previous editions applied to drinking equipment for children under the age of 3; Adds new definitions and mechanical and chemical tests.Both the old standards and this new revised standard will apply from entry into force of this revision for six months. During this time, products may be tested according to the old or the new revised standard. 

Products Covered: Drinking equipment for children

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 09 May 2022 | Final date for Comment: 08 July 2022

First amendment to the Mandatory Standard SI 1284 part 4. This amendment adopts into the European Route of compliance also the newly published Amendment 1 of the European Standard EN ISO 374-1, published in 2018.Both the standard without the notified amendment and the standard with this amendment will apply together for 10 months from the entry into force of this amendment.

Products Covered: Protective gloves (HS code(s): 392620; 401519; 420329; 6116; 6216); (ICS code(s): 13.340.40)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 09 May 2022 | Final date for Comment: 08 July 2022

First amendment to the Mandatory Standard SI 1284 part 4. This amendment adopts into the European Route of compliance also the newly published Amendment 1 of the European Standard EN ISO 374-1, published in 2018.Both the standard without the notified amendment and the standard with this amendment will apply together for 10 months from the entry into force of this amendment.

Products Covered: Protective gloves (HS code(s): 392620; 401519; 420329; 6116; 6216); (ICS code(s): 13.340.40)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 05 May 2022

This resolution contains provisions on petitions for license requests, license renewals, post-qualification modifications, testing outsourcing, suspensions and cancellations of Pharmaceutical Equivalence Centers.

Products Covered: HS (3003-3004) - Medicaments

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 05 May 2022

This resolution contains provisions on petitions for license requests, license renewals, post-qualification modifications, testing outsourcing, suspensions and cancellations of Pharmaceutical Equivalence Centers.

Products Covered: HS (3003-3004) - Medicaments

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 05 May 2022 | Final date for Comment: 04 July 2022

This Draft Uganda Standard provides guidelines for the design and execution of studies to evaluate the performance of mosquito repellents formulated and prepared for space application.

Products Covered: Insecticides, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (excl. goods of subheadings 3808.52 to 3808.69) (HS code(s): 380891); Insecticides (ICS code(s): 65.100.10)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 05 May 2022 | Final date for Comment: 04 July 2022

This Draft Uganda Standard provides guidelines for the design and execution of studies to evaluate the performance of mosquito repellents formulated and prepared for space application.

Products Covered: Insecticides, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (excl. goods of subheadings 3808.52 to 3808.69) (HS code(s): 380891); Insecticides (ICS code(s): 65.100.10)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 05 May 2022 | Final date for Comment: 04 July 2022

This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for canvas fabrics. This Standard is not applicable to canvas fabric used in making tents and tarpaulins, of which there are more specific Standards.

Products Covered: Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of a kind used for the outer covers of books, the manufacture of boxes and articles of cardboard or the like; tracing cloth; prepared painting canvas; buckram and similar stiffened textile fabrics of a kind used for hat foundations (excl. plastic-coated textile fabrics) (HS code(s): 5901); Textile fabrics (ICS code(s): 59.080.30)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 05 May 2022 | Final date for Comment: 04 July 2022

This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for canvas fabrics. This Standard is not applicable to canvas fabric used in making tents and tarpaulins, of which there are more specific Standards.

Products Covered: Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of a kind used for the outer covers of books, the manufacture of boxes and articles of cardboard or the like; tracing cloth; prepared painting canvas; buckram and similar stiffened textile fabrics of a kind used for hat foundations (excl. plastic-coated textile fabrics) (HS code(s): 5901); Textile fabrics (ICS code(s): 59.080.30)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 05 May 2022 | Final date for Comment: 04 July 2022

This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for regular socks and stockings. This Standard is not applicable to athletic, compression, diabetic and hiking/trekking socks and stockings.

Products Covered: Pantyhose, tights, stockings, socks and other hosiery, incl. graduated compression hosiery [e.g., stockings for varicose veins] and footwear without applied soles, knitted or crocheted (excl. for babies) (HS code(s): 6115); Clothes (ICS code(s): 61.020)

Regulation Type: Regular notification