G/TBT/N/BDI/277, G/TBT/N/KEN/1311  
G/TBT/N/RWA/711, G/TBT/N/TZA/830  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1685  
25 October 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:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Kenya Bureau of Standards  
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya  
Telephone: + (254) 020 605490, 605506/6948258  
Fax: + (254) 020 609660/609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs.org  
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 fro m above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 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 oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other than crude) and 
preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of 
petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils b eing the basic 
constituents of the preparations, containing biodiesel, other than waste oils (HS code(s): 
271020); Lubricants, industrial oils and related products (ICS code(s): 75.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1104: 
2022 Heavy fuel oils — Specification; (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East Africa Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for heavy fuel oils intended for oil -fired furnaces and boilers 
for indus trial use  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmoni zation; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and 
productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ASTM D93, Standard Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky -Martens Closed Cup Tester  
2. ASTM D95, Standard Test Method for Water in Petroleum Products and Bituminous 
Materials by Distillation  
3. ASTM D97, Standard Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum Products  G/TBT/N/BDI/277 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1311 • G/TBT/N/RWA/711 • G/TBT/N/TZA/830 • 
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  4. ASTM D189, Standard Test Method for Conradson Carbon Residue of Petroleum 
Products  
5. ASTM D445, Standard Test Me thod for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque 
Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity)  
6. ASTM D473, Standard Test Method for Sediment in Crude Oils and Fuel Oils by the 
Extraction Method  
7. ASTM D482, Standard Test Method for Ash from Petro leum Products  
8. ASTM D974, Standard Test Method for Acid and Base Number by Color -Indicator 
Titration  
9. ASTM D1298, Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, or API Gravity of 
Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method  
10. ASTM D3228, Standard Test Method for Total Nitrogen in Lubricating Oils and Fuel 
Oils by Modified Kjeldahl Method  
11. ASTM D4294, Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products 
by Energy Dispersive X[1]ray Fluorescence Spectrometry  
12. ASTM D4177, Standard Practice for Automatic Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum 
Products  
13. ASTM D 4868, Standard Test Method for Estimation of Net and Gross Heat of 
Combustion of Hydrocarbon Burner and Diesel Fuels  
14. ASTM D5184, Standard Test Methods for Determination of Aluminum and Silicon in 
Fuel Oils by Ashing, Fusion, Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry, 
and Atomic Absorption Spectrometry  
15. IP 143, Determination of asphaltenes (heptane insolubles) in crude petroleum a nd 
petroleum products  
16. IP 375, Petroleum products — Total sediment in residual fuel oils — Part 1: 
Determination by hot filtration  
17. IP 390, Petroleum products — Total sediment in residual fuel oils — Part 2: 
Determination using standard procedures fo r ageing  
18. IP 470, Determination of aluminium, silicon, vanadium, nickel, iron, calcium, zinc and 
sodium in residual fuel oil by ashing, fusion and atomic absorption spectrometry  
19. IP 500, Determination of the phosphorus content of residual fuels by ul tra-violet 
spectrometry  
20. IP 501, Determination of aluminium, silicon, vanadium, nickel, iron, sodium, calcium, 
zinc and phosphorous in residual fuel oil by ashing, fusion and inductively coupled plasma 
emission spectrometry  
21. ISO 8217, Petroleum produ cts — Fuels (class F) — Specifications of marine fuels  
22. ASTM D4057, Standard Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum 
Products  
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  G/TBT/N/BDI/277 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1311 • G/TBT/N/RWA/711 • G/TBT/N/TZA/830 • 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Kenya Bureau of Standards  
WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point  
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya  
Telephone: + (254) 020 605490, 605506/6948258  
Fax: + (254) 020 609660/609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www .kebs.org  
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