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Notifying
Member: UGANDA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency responsible: Uganda
National Bureau of Standards
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Products
covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable): Wood Vinegar: HS Code:
2209 - Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid, ICS
Code: 67.220.20 - Food Additives, 67.040 - Food products in general,
65.020.01 - Farming and forestry in general
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Regions
or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[X] All trading partners
[ ] Specific regions or
countries:
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Title of
the notified document: DUS
2614:2025, Wood Vinegar - Specification, First Edition. Language(s): English. Number of pages: 20
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/UGA/25_07379_00_e.pdf
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Description
of content: This Draft Uganda
Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for wood vinegar.
This draft standard is intended for agricultural, environmental, and
industrial applications. It applies to wood vinegar derived from the
pyrolysis of plant biomass primarily used in agriculture, pest control, and
soil improvement., excluding synthetic or chemically modified derivatives.
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Objective
and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [X] plant protection, [ ]
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from
other damage from pests.
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Is there
a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text):
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health
(OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code,
chapter number):
[ ] International Plant Protection
Convention (e.g. ISPM number):
[X] None
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international
standard?
[ ] Yes [ ] No
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the
international standard:
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Other
relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
1._ ISO 5661, Petroleum products — Hydrocarbon liquids — Determination
of refractive index
2._ US ISO 7027-1, Water quality — Determination of turbidity Part 1:
Quantitative methods
3._ US ISO 10523, Water quality — Determination of pH
4._ ISO 12185, Crude petroleum, petroleum products and related
products — Determination of density — Laboratory density meter with an
oscillating U-tube sensor
5._ AOAC 2006.03, Arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, lead,
molybdenum, nickel, and selenium in fertilizers — Microwave digestion and
inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry
6._ US ISO 4833-1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method
for the enumeration of microorganisms Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the
pour plate technique
(available in English)
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Proposed
date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.
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Proposed
date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):
To be determined.
[ ] Trade facilitating
measure
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Final
date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 2 January 2026
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National
Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and
e-mail address (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
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Text(s) available from: [ ] National
Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and
e-mail address (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
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