Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B31: Labelling requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

07 January 2005 

Publication where the measure is specified

Statutory Instruments Supplement to The Uganda Gazette No. 14 Volume XCVIII 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Communications (Telecommunications and Radio Communications Equipment Type Approval) Regulations, 2005. 

Country/Region applying the measure

Uganda 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

7(14) Every importer or distributor shall ensure that any equipment offered for sale for local use is clearly labelled or affixed with—
(a) the trade name, model name and serial number;
(b) the manufacturer’s or supplier’s name; and
(c) a type approval label, approved by the Commission.
(15) An importer or distributor who is granted a type approval label by the Com mission, shall display the label in a conspicuous place.
(19) An apparatus shall have prominently displayed for a user—
(a) information on the intended use of the equipment and a declaration of its conformity to the applicable essential requirements; and
(b) sufficient information to identify the interfaces of telecommunications and radio communications networks to which the equipment is intended to be connected.
18(1) A manufacturer or importer of specified customer equipment or specified customer cabling shall apply on the equipment or cabling, a label that indicates that the equipment or cabling meets the prescribed standards. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 7 (14), (15) and 19; Regulation 18(1) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Telecommunications and radio communications 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.