G/TBT/N/UGA/1474  
25 October 2021  
(21-8072) 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 [   ], 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):  Paint, 
Varnish, Lacquer; Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on synthetic 
polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non -
aqueous medium; solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in v olatile organic 
solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight (excl. solutions of collodion) (HS 3208); 
Paints and varnishes (ICS 87.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2410:2021, 
Standard Test Method for Acidity in  Volatile Solvents and Chemical Intermediates Used in 
Paint, Varnish, Lacquer, and Related Products, First Edition (7 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard covers the determination of total 
acidity as acetic acid, in c oncentrations below 0.05  %, in organic compounds and 
hydrocarbon mixtures used in paint, varnish, and lacquer solvents and diluents. It is 
known to be applicable to such mixtures as low molecular weight saturated and 
unsaturated alcohols, ketones, ethers, esters, hydrocarbon diluents, naphtha, and other 
light distillate petroleum fractions.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Quality 
requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ASTM D770 Specification for Isopropyl Alcohol  G/TBT/N/UGA/1474  
 
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  2. ASTM D1193 Specification for Reagent Water  
3. ASTM D4806 Specification for Denatured Fuel Ethanol for Blending with 
Gasolines for Use as Automotive Spark -Ignition Engine Fuel  
4. ASTM D7795 Tes t Method for Acidity in Ethanol and Ethanol Blends by 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, Ugand a 
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug