Regulatory Updates

Distribution date: 23 April 2019 | Final date for Comment: 22 June 2019

This draft Uganda Standard specifies materials, making up, marking and labelling requirements for school bags of back pack type.

Products Covered: School bags

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 23 April 2019 | Final date for Comment: 22 June 2019

This draft Uganda Standard specifies materials, making up, marking and labelling requirements for school bags of back pack type.

Products Covered: School bags

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 23 April 2019 | Final date for Comment: 22 June 2019

This draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements for sewing threads made wholly or partly from synthetic fibres. This Part 1 applies to sewing threads made from the following fibres and combinations thereof: continuous filament polyester; staple fibre polyester; air-jet (Loop) textured polyester; false twist (Crimp) textured polyester; continuous filament nylon6.6; polyester and cotton core spun (continuous filament polyester core, cotton sheath); polyester and polyester core spun (continuous filament polyester core, polyester sheath); and polyester and cotton component plied.

Products Covered: Sewing thread of man-made staple fibres, whether or not put up for retail sale (HS code(s): 5508); Yarns (ICS code(s): 59.080.20)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 23 April 2019 | Final date for Comment: 22 June 2019

This draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements for sewing threads made wholly or partly from synthetic fibres. This Part 1 applies to sewing threads made from the following fibres and combinations thereof: continuous filament polyester; staple fibre polyester; air-jet (Loop) textured polyester; false twist (Crimp) textured polyester; continuous filament nylon6.6; polyester and cotton core spun (continuous filament polyester core, cotton sheath); polyester and polyester core spun (continuous filament polyester core, polyester sheath); and polyester and cotton component plied.

Products Covered: Sewing thread of man-made staple fibres, whether or not put up for retail sale (HS code(s): 5508); Yarns (ICS code(s): 59.080.20)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 23 April 2019 | Final date for Comment: 22 June 2019

This part of DUS 914 specifies requirements for woven wool and woven wool/polyamide blankets intended for institutional and household use.

Products Covered: Bed blankets

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 23 April 2019 | Final date for Comment: 22 June 2019

This part of DUS 914 specifies requirements for woven wool and woven wool/polyamide blankets intended for institutional and household use.

Products Covered: Bed blankets

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 23 April 2019 | Final date for Comment: 22 June 2019

This draft Uganda Standard prescribes the requirements of knitted vests with or without sleeves.

Products Covered: Vests

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 23 April 2019 | Final date for Comment: 22 June 2019

This draft Uganda Standard prescribes the requirements of knitted vests with or without sleeves.

Products Covered: Vests

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 18 April 2019 | Final date for Comment: 17 June 2019

The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by ceramic tiles, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of preventing misleading practices. The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products: Ceramic tiles listed in annexes A to M of ISO 13006: Annex Type of tile Annex A Extruded ceramic tiles - Group AIb, 0.5% Annex B Extruded ceramic tiles - Group AIIa-1, 3% < Eb ≤ 6% Annex C Extruded ceramic tiles - Group AIIa-2, 3% < Eb ≤ 6% Annex D Extruded ceramic tiles - Group AIIb-1, 6% < Eb ≤ 10% Annex E Extruded ceramic tiles - Group AIIb-2, 6% < Eb ≤ 10% Annex F Extruded ceramic tiles - Group AIII, Eb > 10% Annex G Dry-pressed ceramic tiles - Group BIa, Eb ≤ 0.5% Annex H Dry-pressed ceramic tiles - Group BIb, 0.5% < Eb ≤ 3% Annex J Dry-pressed ceramic tiles - Group BIIa, 3% < Eb ≤ 6% Annex K Dry-pressed ceramic tiles - Group BIIb, 6% < Eb ≤ 10% Annex L Dry-pressed ceramic tiles - Group BIII, Eb > 10% Annex M Extruded ceramic tiles - Group AIa, Eb ≤ 0.5% The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to: Tiles manufactured using a process other than the normal extrusion or dry-pressing process. It does not apply to decorative accessories or trims such as borders, corners, skirting boards, cornices, ceramic beads, stairs, curved tiles and other accessory pieces or mosaics (that is, any piece that can fit into an area of 49 cm2).

Products Covered: 6907.21.00 - Of a water absorption coefficient by weight not exceeding 0.5%; 6907.22.00 - Of a water absorption coefficient by weight exceeding 0.5% but not exceeding 10% 6907.23.00 - Of a water absorption coefficient by weight exceeding 10%; Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite) or of similar siliceous earths (HS 6901); Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory ceramic constructional goods, other than those of siliceous fossil meals or similar siliceous earths (HS 6902); Unglazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; unglazed ceramic mosaic cubes and the like, whether or not on a backing.

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 18 April 2019 | Final date for Comment: 17 June 2019

The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by ceramic tiles, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of preventing misleading practices. The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products: Ceramic tiles listed in annexes A to M of ISO 13006: Annex Type of tile Annex A Extruded ceramic tiles - Group AIb, 0.5% Annex B Extruded ceramic tiles - Group AIIa-1, 3% < Eb ≤ 6% Annex C Extruded ceramic tiles - Group AIIa-2, 3% < Eb ≤ 6% Annex D Extruded ceramic tiles - Group AIIb-1, 6% < Eb ≤ 10% Annex E Extruded ceramic tiles - Group AIIb-2, 6% < Eb ≤ 10% Annex F Extruded ceramic tiles - Group AIII, Eb > 10% Annex G Dry-pressed ceramic tiles - Group BIa, Eb ≤ 0.5% Annex H Dry-pressed ceramic tiles - Group BIb, 0.5% < Eb ≤ 3% Annex J Dry-pressed ceramic tiles - Group BIIa, 3% < Eb ≤ 6% Annex K Dry-pressed ceramic tiles - Group BIIb, 6% < Eb ≤ 10% Annex L Dry-pressed ceramic tiles - Group BIII, Eb > 10% Annex M Extruded ceramic tiles - Group AIa, Eb ≤ 0.5% The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to: Tiles manufactured using a process other than the normal extrusion or dry-pressing process. It does not apply to decorative accessories or trims such as borders, corners, skirting boards, cornices, ceramic beads, stairs, curved tiles and other accessory pieces or mosaics (that is, any piece that can fit into an area of 49 cm2).

Products Covered: 6907.21.00 - Of a water absorption coefficient by weight not exceeding 0.5%; 6907.22.00 - Of a water absorption coefficient by weight exceeding 0.5% but not exceeding 10% 6907.23.00 - Of a water absorption coefficient by weight exceeding 10%; Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite) or of similar siliceous earths (HS 6901); Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory ceramic constructional goods, other than those of siliceous fossil meals or similar siliceous earths (HS 6902); Unglazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; unglazed ceramic mosaic cubes and the like, whether or not on a backing.

Regulation Type: Regular notification