G/TBT/N/UGA/1640  
1 July 2022  
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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 different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Petroleum 
gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons. (HS code(s): 2711); Fuels (ICS code(s): 75.160), 
Gaseous Fuels  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2534:2022, 
Standard Terminology Relating to Gaseous Fuels, First Edition; (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard covers the compil ation of 
terminology developed by Committee D03 on Gaseous Fuels. It does not include terms, 
definitions, abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols specific to only a single D03 standard 
in which they appear. These terms, definitions, abbreviations, acronyms, a nd symbols are 
used in: The sampling of gaseous fuels, The analysis of gaseous fuels for composition and 
various other physical properties, and Other practices related to the processing, 
transmission, and distribution of gaseous fuels.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Quality 
requirements  G/TBT/N/UGA/1640  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. ASTM D1142 Test Method for Water Vapor Content of Gaseous Fuels by 
Measurement of Dew -Point Temperature  
2. ASTM D1835 Specification for Liquefied Petroleum (LP) Gases  
3. ASTM D3588 Practice for Calculating Heat Value, Compressibility Factor, and 
Relative Density of Gaseous Fuels  
4. ASTM D4175 Terminology Relating to Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, and 
Lubricants  
5. ISO 7504 Gas Analysis —Vocabulary  
6. ISO 14687 Hydrogen Fuel Quality —Product Specification  
7. SAE J2719 Hydrogen Fuel Quality for Fuel Cell Vehicles  
8. GPA 2145 Table of Physical Properties for Hydrocarbons and Other Compounds of 
Interest to the Natural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids Industries  
9. GPA Midstream 2140 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Specifications and Test Methods  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
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