UGA/538/Rev.1
WTO/TBT
UG Ouganda
  • 01 - Généralités, Terminologie, Normalisation, Documentation
  • 03 - Services, Organisation de l'entreprise, Gestion et qualité, Administration, Transport, Sociologie
  • 19 - Essais
2017-06-25
2017-04-26

Toys; Electrical and Electronics; Automotive Products and Inputs; Chemical Products; Mechanical Materials and Gas Appliances; Textile, Leather, Plastics and Rubber; Furniture (wood and metal articles); Paper and Stationery; Protective Safety Equipment; Food and Food Products; and Used Products, including used Motor Vehicles.

The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (Use of Distinctive Mark on Commodities) Regulations, 2017. (23 pages, in English)

The draft regulations contain provisions for prohibition from dealing in a commodity without a distinctive mark; application of a distinctive mark on a commodity; registration of importers and manufacturers and use of distinctive marks; application requirements for a domestic manufacturer; application requirements for an importer; sampling of products for testing; application of a distinctive mark on a commodity; terms of use of a distinctive mark; suspension or withdrawal of authorization to use a distinctive mark; cancellation of a permit to use a distinctive mark; refusal to grant or renew authorization to use a distinctive mark where the requirements of these Regulations have not been met; renewal of the permit to use the distinctive mark for domestic manufacturers; administrative sanctions; fees and charges for the application of the grant of a authorization to use a distinctive mark and other incidental matters; offences and penalties for using a distinctive mark without authorization or falsely representing any product to be a product that complies with the provisions of these Regulations; and appeals as provided for under section 25 of the UNBS Act CAP 327 as amended.