G/TBT/N/UGA/1496  
3 November 2021  
(21-8356) 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 [X], 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):  Electrical 
Insulating Liquids; Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, 
not containing biodiesel, n.e.s (HS 271019);  Insulating oils (ICS 29.040.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  FDUS 
2347:2021, Standard Guide for Sampling, Test Methods, and Specifications for Electrical 
Insulating Liquids, First Edition (34 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Final Draft Uganda Standard describes methods of testing 
and specifications for electrical insulating liquids intended for use in electrical cables, 
transformers, liquid circuit breakers, and other electrical apparatus where the liquids are 
used as insulating, or heat transfer media, or both.  The purpose of this guide is to outline 
the applicability of the available test methods. Where more than one is available for 
measuring a given property, their relative advantages are des cribed, along with an 
indication of laboratory convenience, precision, (95  % confidence limits), and applicability 
to specific types of electrical insulating oils.  This guide is classified into the following 
categories: Sampling Practices, Physical Tests, Electrical Tests, Chemical Tests, and 
Specifications.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Quality 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. ASTM D92-18 Standard Test Method for Flash and Fire Points by Cleveland Open 
Cup Tester  
2. ASTM D97 -17b Standard Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum Products  
3. ASTM D287 -12b(2019) Standard Test Method for API Gravity of Crude 
Petroleum and Petroleum Products (Hy drometer Method)  
4. ASTM D445 -21 Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent 
and Opaque Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity)  
5. ASTM D611 -12(2016) Standard Test Methods for Aniline Point and Mixed Aniline 
Point of Petroleum Products and  Hydrocarbon Solvents  
6. ASTM D664 -18e2 Standard Test Method for Acid Number of Petroleum Products 
by Potentiometric Titration  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  January 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable  
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