G/TBT/N/UGA/1197  
11 March 2020  
(20-1911) Page: 1/4 
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: http://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 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 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):  Bulk LPG 
road tankers; - Other (HS 870490); Trucks and trailers (ICS 43.080.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
DUS DEAS  902:2016, Bulk LPG road tankers — Assembling — Requirements, First Edition 
(44 page(s), in Englis h) 
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard gives requirements for vehicle, 
equipment,  accessories and assembling thereof used to form a bulk LPG road tanker to 
ensure that transportation, filling, and  discharge operations can be carried safe ly. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment; Quality 
requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 9606 -1, Qualification of welders – fusion welding  
2. ISO 16010, Elastomeric seals -- Material requirements for seals used in pipes 
and fittings carrying gaseous fuels and hydrocarbon fluids  
3. ISO 6447, Rubber seals -- Joint rings used f or gas supply pipes and fittings -- 
Specification for material  
4. ISO 5752, Metal valves for use in flanged pipe systems -- Face-to-face and 
centre -to-face dimensions  G/TBT/N/UGA/1197  
 
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  5. ISO 7165, Fire fighting -- Portable fire extinguishers -- Performance and 
construction  
6. ISO 1 4732, Welding personnel -- Qualification testing of welding operators and 
weld setters for mechanized and automatic welding of metallic materials  
7. ISO 7121, Steel ball valves for general -purpose industrial applications  
8. CD/K/5, Welded steel tanks for liquefi ed petroleum gas (LPG) — Road tankers — 
Design and manufacture  
9. ISO 7005, Pipe flanges -- Part 1: Steel flanges for industrial and general service 
piping systems  
10. ISO 7483, Dimensions of gaskets for use with flanges to ISO 7005  
11. ISO 3834 -2, Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials — 
Part 2: Comprehensive quality requirements  
12. ISO 3834 -3, Quality requirements for welding - Fusion welding of metallic 
materials — Part 3: Standard quality requirements  
13. ISO 15609 -1, Specification and qua lification of welding procedures for metallic 
materials — Welding procedure specification — Part 1 Arc welding  
14. ISO 15614 -1, Specification and qualification welding procedures for metallic 
materials — Welding procedure test — Part 1: Arc and gas welding of steels and 
arc welding of nickel and nickel alloys  
15. IEC 60079 -0, Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres - Part 0: 
General requirements. Electrical Tools and Appliances  
16. IEC 60079 -1, Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres – Part 1, 
Flameproof enclosures  Electrical Tools and Appliances.  
17. IEC 60079 -2, Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres - Part 2: 
Pressurized enclosures 'p'.  
18. IEC 60079 - 5, Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres - Part 5: 
Powder filling 'q'  
19. IEC 6 0079- 6, Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres - Part 6: Oil 
immersion 'O'.  
20. IEC 60079 -7, Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres - Part 7: 
Increased safety 'e'.  
21. IEC 60079 -11, Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres - Part 11: 
Intrinsic safety 'i'.  
22. IEC 60079 -15, Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres - Part 15: 
Type of protection 'n'.  
23. IEC 60079 -14, Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres - Part 14: 
Electrical installations in hazardous areas (other th an mines)  
24. IEC 60079 -18, Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres - Part 18: 
Encapsulation 'm'.  
25. IEC 60529, Specification for degrees of protection provided by enclosures 
(IP code)  
26. ISO 1726, Road vehicles — Mechanical coupling between tractors and semi-
trailers - Interchangeability  
27. ISO 3795, Method for determination of burning behaviour of interior materials 
for road vehicles and tractors and machinery for agriculture use  
28. ISO 2928, Rubber hoses and hose assemblies for LPG in the liquid or gaseous 
phase and natural gas up  to 25 bar (2.5 Mpa) — Specification  
29. EN 287 -1, Qualification test of welders — Fusion welding — Part 1: Steels  G/TBT/N/UGA/1197  
 
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  30. EN 549, Rubber materials for seals and diaphragms for gas appliances and gas 
equipment  
31. EN 558 -1, Industrial valves - Face-to-face and centre -t-face dimensions of metal 
valves for use in flanged pipe systems — Part 1: PN -designated valves  
32. EN 837 -2, Pressure gauges - — Part 2: Selection and installation 
recommendations for pressure gauges  
33. EN 1012 -1, Compressors and vacuum pumps — Safety requirements -— Part 1: 
Compressors  
34. EN 1418, Welding personnel — Approval testing of welding operators for fusion 
welding and resistance weld setters for fully mechanized and automatic welding 
of metallic materials  
35. EN 1591 -1, Flanges and their joints - Design rules for gasketed circular flange 
connections — Part 1: Calculation method  
36. EN 1762, Rubber hoses and hose assemblies for liquefied petroleum gas, LPG 
(liquid or gaseous phase) and natural gas up to 25 bar (2.5 MPa) — 
Specification  
37. EN 1983, Industrial valves — Steel ball valves  
38. EN 1984, Industrial valves — Steel gate valves  
39. EN 10025, (all parts), Hot rolled products of structural steels  
40. EN 10028, (all parts), Flat products made of steel for pressure purposes  
41. EN 10045 -1, Metallic materials - Charpy impact test — Part 1: Test method  
42. EN 10204, Metallic products — Types of inspection documents  
43. EN 10216 -1, Seamless steel tubes for pressure purposes — Technical delivery 
conditions — Part 1: Non -alloy steel tubes with specified room temperature 
proper ties 
44. EN 10217 -1, Welded steel tubes for pressure purposes - Technical delivery 
conditions — Part 1: Non alloy Steel tubes with specified room temperature 
properties  
45. EN 12074, Welding consumables — Quality requirements for manufacture, 
supply and distributio n of consumables for welding and allied processes  
46. EN 12627, Industrial valves -— Butt welding ends for steel valves  
47. EN 12760, Valves - Socket welding for steel valves  
48. EN 13175:2003+A2, Specification and testing for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) 
tanks valves  and fittings  
49. EN 13709, Industrial valves — Steel globe and globe stop and check valves  
50. EN 13789, Industrial valves — Cast iron globe valves  
51. EN 13799, Contents gauges for LPG tanks  
52. EN 14422, Clamp type coupling assemblies for LPG transfer hoses  
53. EN 14424, H ose fittings with screwed connections  
54. ASTM F1971 -05, Standard test method for electrical resistance of tires under 
load on test the bench  
55. EN 50014, Electrical apparatus for potentially explosive atmospheres — General 
requirements  
56. EN 50020, Electrical appar atus for potentially explosive atmospheres — Intrinsic 
safety 'i' KS 91, Specification for liquefied petroleum gas  
57. EN 50039, Electrical apparatus for potentially explosive atmospheres — 
Specification for intrinsically safe electrical system 'i'  G/TBT/N/UGA/1197  
 
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  58. EN IEC 60529, Specification for degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP 
code)  
59. EN 60079 -14, Electrical apparatus for explosives gas atmospheres — Electrical 
installations in hazardous areas (other than mines)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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: http://www.unbs.go.ug  
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