WORLD TRADE G/TBT/2/Add.23
8October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4075)
Original: English Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OFTHE AGREEMENT
ONTECHNICAL BARRIERS TOTRADE
Thefollowing statement under Article 15.2oftheAgreement hasbeenreceived from the
delegation ofUganda.
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1. TheUganda National Bureau ofStandards which isincharge oftheformulation and
implementation ofstandards draws National Standards inaccordance withrecognized andadopted
international standards, suchasCodex Alimentarius Commission Standards, ISOandIEC
Standards.
2. Themain technical regulations inrespect ofstandardization andquality control areas
follows intheattachments:
- TheUganda National Bureau ofStandards Act(1983)
- TheUganda National Bureau ofStandards (Certification) Regulations (1995)
- General Notice ofTheDeclaration ofNational Standards (1996)
- TheUganda Gazette VolLXXXVII No.21dated 20May1994
- TheUganda Gazette VolLXXXVII No.53dated 25November 1994.
3. Inaccordance withArticle 10oftheAgreement ofTechnical Barriers toTrade, the
enquiry point oftheGovernment ofUganda is:
Uganda National Bureau ofStandards (UNBS)
PlotM217,Nakawa Industrial Area
P.O.Box6329
Kampala
Tel: 256041222369
256041222367
4. Pursuant toArticle 10.10 oftheAgreement, theresponsible Government Authority is:
TheMinistry ofTrade andIndustry
Farmers House
Parliament Avenue
P.O.Box7103
Kampala Uganda
Tel: 25641230916
25641243947/25 6395
25641254091/2
Fax: 25641251578
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5. Pursuant toArticle 15.2oftheAgreement, themeasures inexistence ortaken toensure
theimplementation andadministration oftheAgreement areasfollows:
Notices oftechnical regulations, standards andcertification procedures arepublished in
localnewspapers andgazette. Thegazettes andother documents havebeennotified tothe
Committee.