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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): Live rabbits and hares
(HS code(s): 010614); Live mammals (excl. primates, whales, dolphins and
porpoises, manatees and dugongs, seals, sea lions and walruses, camels and
other camelids, rabbits and hares, horses, asses, mules, hinnies, bovines,
pigs, sheep and goats) (HS code(s): 010619); Animal husbandry and breeding
(ICS code(s): 65.020.30); Guinea pigs
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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: DARS
1023:2025, Live grading for rabbits, guinea pigs and other small mammals —
Specification. Language(s): English. Number of
pages: 12
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/UGA/25_08030_00_e.pdf
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Description
of content: This Draft African
Standard specifies requirements for live grading of rabbits, guinea pigs and
all other small mammals.
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Objective
and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [X]
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] 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:
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Uganda Gazette
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KS 2722:2018,
Rabbit meat – Carcasses and cuts — Specification
(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.
[X] 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): 17 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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