G/TBT/N/UGA/1621  
24 June 2022  
(22-4891) 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 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):  Crude 
petroleum (ICS code(s): 75.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified d ocument:  DUS 
2485:2022, Standard Practice for Preservation of Waterborne Oil Samples, First 
edition ; (9 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  1.1 This practice covers the preservation of waterborne oil 
samples from the time of collection to the time of analysis. Information is provided to 
ensure sample integrity and to avoid contamination and to minimize microbial 
degradation.  
1.2 The practice is for controlled field or laboratory conditions and specifies thorough 
preparation of equipment and precise operation. Where these details must be 
compromised in a field emergency, nonstandard simplifications are recommended that 
will minimize or eliminate consequent errors.  
Note 1—Procedures for the analysis of oil spill samples are Practi ces D3326 , D3415 , and 
D4489 , and Test Methods D3650 , D3327 , D3328 , and D3414 . A guide to the use of ASTM 
test methods for the analysis of oil spill samples is found in Practice D3415 . 
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of 
measurement are included in this standard.  G/TBT/N/UGA/1621  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant life or 
health; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
• ASTM D1129  
• ASTM D3326  
• ASTM D3327  
• ASTM D3328  
• ASTM D3414  
• ASTM D3415  
• ASTM  D3650  
• ASTM D4489  
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 63 29 
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