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11 November 2020  
(20-8065) 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:  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 shall be indicated if dif ferent from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 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):  LIVE 
ANIMALS (HS 01); Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted (HS 1801); Cocoa 
shells, husks, skins and other cocoa waste (HS 1802); Cocoa paste, whether or not 
defatted (HS 1803); Cocoa butter, fat and oil (HS 1804); Cocoa powder, not co ntaining 
added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS 1805); Cocoa (ICS 67.140.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DARS 
1000-3:2020, Sustainable cocoa — Part 3: Requirements for Cocoa Certification Scheme, 
First Editi on (30 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements for the 
Cocoa Certification Scheme for sustainable cocoa, in relation to cocoa supply chain actors 
and for the certification of Farmer as an Entity/Fa rmerGroup/Cooperative. It is to be used 
jointly with ARS 1000 -1 and ARS 1000 -2. Only Certification Bodies that fulfil the 
requirements in this Standard shall audit Farmer as an Entity/Farmer Group/Cooperative, 
which produce sustainable cocoa beans. Only Fa rmer as an Entity/Farmer 
Group/Cooperative that fulfil the requirements in this Standard can make claims of 
sustainably produced cocoa beans.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive pra ctices and consumer protection; Quality 
requirements; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  G/TBT/N/UGA/1256  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 34101 -4:2019, Sustainable and Traceable Cocoa — Part 4: Requirements 
for Certification Schemes  
2. ISO 9000:2015, Quality Management Systems — Fundamentals and Vocabulary  
3. ISO 9001:2015,Quality Management Systems — Requirements  
4. ISO 14001:2015, Environmental Management Systems — Requirements with 
Guidance for Use  
5. ISO/IEC 17000:2020, Conformity Assessment — Vocabulary and Genera l 
Principles  
6. ISO/IEC 17011, Conformity assessment — Requirements for accreditation 
bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies  
7. ISO/IEC 17021 -1, Conformity Assessment — Requirements for bodies providing 
audit and certification of management systems — Part 1: Requirements  
8. SO/IEC TS 17023:2013, Conformity Assessment — Guidelines for Determining 
the Duration of Management System Certification Audits  
9. ISO/IEC 17030, Conformity assessment — General requirements for third -party 
marks of conformity  
10. ISO/IEC 17040, Conformity assessment — General requirements for peer 
assessment of conformity assessment bodies and accreditation bodies  
11. SO 19011:2018, Guidelines for Auditing Management Systems  
12. ISO 22000:2018, Food Safety Management Systems — Requirements  for Any 
Organization in The Food Chain,  
13. ISO/TS 22003:2013, Food Safety Management Systems — Requirements for 
Bodies Providing Audit and Certification of Food Safety Management Systems  
14. IAF MD 5 Determination of Audit Time of Quality and Environmental 
Manag ement Systems  
15. ISO/IEC 17065:2012, Conformity assessment — Requirements for organizations 
certifying products, processes and services  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  January 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives  
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  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/UGA/20_6940_00_e.pdf  
 