G/TBT/N/UGA/1479  
25 October 2021  
(21-8062) 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):  Electrical 
Insulating Liquids; Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, 
not containing biodiesel, n.e.s (HS 271019);  Insulating oils (ICS 29.040.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2365:2021, 
Standard Test Method for Furanic Compounds in Electrical Insulating Liquids by High -
Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), First Edition  (11 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard covers the determination in 
electrical insulating liquids of products of the degradation of cellulosic materials such as 
paper, pressboard, and cotton materials typically foun d as insulating materials in 
electrical equipment.  These degradation products are substituted furan derivatives, 
commonly referred to as furanic compounds or furans. This test method allows either 
liquid/liquid or solid phase extraction (SPE) of the furani c compounds from the sample 
matrix followed by analysis for specific furanic compounds by HPLC or direct injection for 
analysis of specific furanic compounds by HPLC.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Quality 
requirements  G/TBT/N/UGA/1479  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. ASTM D923 Practices for Sampling Electrical Insulating Liquids  
2. ASTM D3487 Specification for Mineral Insulating Oil Used in Electrical Apparatus  
3. ASTM D3612 Test Method for Analysis of Gases Dissolved in Electrical Insulating 
Oil by Gas Chromatography  
4. IEC 1198 Furanic Compounds Analysis in Mineral Oil Insulating Oil  
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, 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