G/TBT/N/KEN/1185  
15 December 2021  
(21-9375) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  KENYA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Kenya Bureau of Standards  
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:   
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  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X ], 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):  MINERAL 
FUELS, MINERAL OILS AND PRODUCTS OF THEIR DISTILLATION; BITUMINOUS 
SUBSTANCES; MINERAL WAXES (HS 27); Petroleum products in general (ICS 75.080), 
Fuels (ICS 75.160)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DKS 2953:2021  
Petroleum and petroleum products — Automotive B5 Biodiesel Fuel — Specification (14 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Kenya Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test 
methods for automotive B5 biodiesel fuel. This standard is a pplicable to automotive 
biodiesel at 5 % biodiesel and 95 % petroleum diesel concentration blend. For use in 
diesel engine vehicles designed or subsequently adapted to run on 5 % biodiesel and 95 
% petroleum diesel concentration.  
7. Objective and rational e, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Quality 
requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
ASTM D86, Standard Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products and Liquid Fuels 
at Atmospheric Pressure  
ASTM D93, Standard Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky -Martens Closed Cup Tester  
ASTM D96, Standard Test Method for water and sediment in crude oil by Centrifuge 
Method (Field Procedure)  
ASTM D445, Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque 
Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity)  G/TBT/N/KEN/1185  
 
- 2 - 
 
  ASTM D473, Standard Test Method for Sediment in Crude Oils and Fuel Oils by the 
Extraction Method  
ASTM D664, Standard Test Method for Acid Number of Petroleum Prod ucts by 
Potentiometric Titration  
ASTM D974, Standard Test Method for Acid and Base Number by Color -Indicator Titration  
ASTM D976, Standard Test Method for Calculated Cetane Index of Distillate Fuels  
ASTM D 1298, Standard Test Method for Density, Relative D ensity, or API Gravity of Crude 
Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method  
ASTM D1552, Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by High 
Temperature Combustion and Infrared (IR) Detection or Thermal Conductivity Detection 
(TCD) ASTM D 1500, Standard Test Method for ASTM Colour of Petroleum Products (ASTM 
Colour Scale)  
ASTM D 2500, Standard Test Method for Cloud Point of Petroleum Products and Liquid 
Fuels 
ASTM D 4052, Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API Gravity of 
Liquids by Digital Density Meter  
ASTM D4294 - 10 Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products 
by Energy Dispersive X - ray Fluorescence Spectrometry  
ASTM D5453, Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in L ight 
Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel Engine Fuel, and Engine Oil by 
Ultraviolet Fluorescence  
ASTM D6078, Standard Test Method for Evaluating Lubricity of Diesel Fuels by the 
Scuffing Load Ball -onCylinder Lubricity Evaluator (SLBOCLE)  
ASTM D6304, Standard Test Method for Determination of water in Petroleum Products, 
Lubricating Oils and Additives by Coulometric Karl Fischer Titration  
ASTM D7042, Standard Test Method for Dynamic Viscosity and Density of Liquids by 
Stabinger Viscometer (and th e Calculation of Kinematic Viscosity  
EN 12662:, Liquid petroleum products - Determination of contamination in middle 
distillates  
EN 12916:,  Petroleum products - Determination of aromatic hydrocarbon types in middle 
distillates - High performance liquid chromatography method with refractive index 
detection  
EN 14103:, Fat and oil derivatives - Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) – Determination of 
ester and linolenic acid methyl ester contents  
EN 14112:, Fat and oil derivatives - Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) - Determination of 
oxidation stability (accelerated oxidation test)  
ASTM D4057, Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum produc ts 
ASTM D4157 Practice for Automatic Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum products  
1P 34, Determination of flash point — Pensky -Martens closed cup method  
IP 53, Crude petroleum and fuel oils - Determination of sediment - Extraction method  
IP 71, Petroleum p roducts - Transparent and opaque liquids - Determination of kinematic 
viscosity and calculation of dynamic viscosity  
1P 74, Petroleum products and bituminous materials - Determination of water - Distillation 
method  
IP 123, Petroleum products — Determinatio n of distillation characteristics at atmospheric 
pressure  
IP 160, Crude petroleum and liquid petroleum products - Laboratory determination of 
density - Hydrometer method  G/TBT/N/KEN/1185  
 
- 3 - 
 
  ISO 2049, Petroleum products — Determination of colour (ASTM scale)  
ISO 2160:, Petrole um products - Corrosiveness to copper - Copper strip test  
ISO 2719:, Determination of flash point - Pensky -Martens closed cup method  
ISO 3015, Petroleum and related products from natural or synthetic sources — 
Determination of cloud point  
ISO 3104:, Petrole um products - Transparent and opaque liquids - Determination of 
kinematic viscosity and calculation of dynamic viscosity  
ISO 3170:, Petroleum liquids – Manual sampling  
ISO 3171, Petroleum liquids – Automatic pipeline sampling  
ISO 3405, Petroleum products - Determination of oscillation characteristics at atmospheric 
pressure  
ISO 3675:1998, Crude petroleum and liquid petroleum products - Laboratory 
determination of density - Hydrometer method  
ISO 3733, Petroleum products and bituminous materials — Determination of water — 
Distillation method  
ISO 3735, Crude petroleum and fuel oils — Determination of sediment — Extraction 
method  
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:   
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  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/KEN/21_7805_00_e.pdf