G/TBT/N/BDI/749,
G/TBT/N/KEN/2039,
G/TBT/N/RWA/1399,
G/TBT/N/TZA/1584,
G/TBT/N/UGA/2353

22 April 2026

(26-3044)

Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade

Original: English

1.

Notifying Member: BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA

If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 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

3.

Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], Other:

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Products covered (HS codes or national tariff lines. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): (HS code(s): 6305); Products of the textile industry (ICS code(s): 59.080); Woven bags for coffee beans

5.

Details of notified document(s) (title, number of pages and languages, means of access): DEAS 156-4:2026, Woven bags from natural fibres — Specification — Part 4: Woven bags for coffee beans, First Edition; (12 page(s), in English)

Link to notified document(s) and/or contact details for agency or authority which can provide copies upon request:

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2026/TBT/UGA/26_02156_00_e.pdf

6.

Description of content: This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, test methods and sampling of woven bags for coffee beans, made from natural fibres.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements; Harmonization

8.

Relevant documents:

1. EAS 246, Determination of added oil content of sisal or jute yarn or fabric

2. ISO 139, Textiles — Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing

3. ISO 2248, Packaging — Complete, filled transport packages — Vertical impact test by dropping

4. ISO 2859-1, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes — Part 1: Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection

5. ISO 3801, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length and mass per unit area

6. ISO 7211-2, Textiles — Methods for analysis of woven fabrics construction — Part 2: Determination of number of threads per unit length

7. ISO 13934-1, Textiles — Tensile properties of fabrics — Part 1: Determination of maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the strip method

8. ISO 13935-1, Textiles — Seam tensile properties of fabrics and made-up textile articles — Part 1: Determination of maximum force to seam rupture using the strip method

9. ISO 22198, Textiles — Fabrics — Determination of width and length

10. EAS 221: 2018, Woven bags (100 % sisal) for clean coffee beans — Specification

9.

Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined

10.

Provision of comments

Final date for comments: 21 June 2026

[X] 60 days from notification

Contact details of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification:

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