G/TBT/N/KEN/1183  
15 December 2021  
(21-9372) 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):  Coal gas, 
water gas, producer gas, lean gas and similar gases (excl. petroleum gases and other 
gaseous hydrocarbons) (HS 2705); - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous 
minerals (other than crude) and preparations not elsewhere specified or incl uded, 
containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous 
minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations, other than those 
containing biodiesel and other than waste oils : (HS 27101); Petroleum gas  and other 
gaseous hydrocarbons (HS 2711); Petroleum products in general (ICS 75.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DKS 2227:2021 
Petroleum and petroleum products —Automotive biodiesel fuel — Specification (12 
page(s) , in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Kenya Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for marketed and delivered fatty acid methyl esters (FAME)/ biodiesel 
to be used either as automotive fuel for diesel engines at 100% conc entration, or as an 
extender for automotive fuel for diesel engines. At 100% concentration, it is applicable to 
fuel for use in diesel engine vehicles designed or subsequently adapted to run on 100% 
FAME/biodiesel  
7. Objective and rationale, including the  nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Protection of the environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
EN 116, Diesel and domestic heating fuels – Determination of cold filter plugging point  
EN 590, Automotive fuels - Diesel - Requirements and test methods  G/TBT/N/KEN/1183  
 
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  EN 12662, Liquid petroleum products - Determination of contamination in middle 
distillates  
EN 14103, Fat and oil derivatives - Fatty Acid Methyl E sters (FAME) – Determination of 
ester and linolenic acid methyl ester contents  
EN 14104, Fat and oil derivatives – Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) - Determination of 
acid Value  
EN 14105, Fat and oil derivatives – Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) – Determina tion of 
free and total glycerol and mono -, di-, triglyceride contents - Reference method  
EN 14106, Fat and oil derivatives – Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) – Determination of 
free glycerol content  
EN 14107, Fat and oil derivatives – Fatty Acid Methyl Este rs (FAME) – Determination of 
phosphorus content by inductively coupled plasma (ICP) emission spectrometry  
EN 14108, Fat and oil derivatives - Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) – Determination of 
sodium content by atomic absorption spectrometry  
EN 14109, Fat and oil derivatives - Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) – Determination of 
potassium content by atomic absorption spectrometry  
EN 14110, Fat and oil derivatives – Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) - Determination of 
methanol content  
EN 14111, Fat and oil derivatives – Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) – Determination of 
iodine value  
EN 14112, Fat and oil derivatives - Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) - Determination of 
oxidation stability (accelerated oxidation test)  
EN 14538, Fat and oil derivatives – Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) – Determination of 
Ca and Mg content by optical emission spectral analysis with inductively coupled plasma 
(ICP OES)  
ISO 2160, Petroleum products - Corrosiveness to copper - Copper strip test (ISO 
2160:1998)   
ISO 3104, Petroleum p roducts - Transparent and opaque liquids - Determination of 
kinematic viscosity and calculation of dynamic viscosity (ISO 3104:1994. incl. ISO Tech. 
Cor. No 1)  
ISO 3170, Petroleum liquids – Manual sampling (ISO 3170:1988/A1:1998)  
ISO 3171, Petroleum liquid s – Automatic pipeline sampling (ISO 3171:1988)  
ISO 3675, Crude petroleum and liquid petroleum products - Laboratory determination of 
density - Hydrometer method  
ISO 4259, Petroleum products - Determination and application of precision data in relation 
to methods of test  
ISO 5165, Petroleum products - Determination of the ignition quality of diesel fuels – 
Cetane engine method  
ISO 10370, Petroleum products - Determination of carbon residue (micro method)  
ISO 12185, Crude petroleum and petroleum products - Determination of density - 
Oscillating U tube method  
EN ISO 12937, Petroleum products - Determination of water - Coulometric Karl Fisher 
titration method  
ISO 13759, Petroleum products – Determination of alkyl nitrate in diesel fuels –
Spectrometr ic method  
EN ISO 20846, Petroleum products – Determination of total sulfur content of liquid 
petroleum products – Ultraviolet fluorescence method  G/TBT/N/KEN/1183  
 
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  ISO 20884, Petroleum products – Determination of low sulfur content of automotive fuels 
– Wave length dispersi ve X-ray fluorescence spectrometry  
ISO/DIS 3679, Petroleum products - Determination of flash point - Rapid equilibrium 
closed cup method  
ISO 3987, Petroleum products - Lubricating oils and additives - Determination of sulfated 
ash 
ASTM D 1160, Distillation  of Petroleum Products at Reduced Pressure  
ASTM D93, Standard Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky -Martens Closed Cup Teste  
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  
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