G/TBT/N/UGA/958  
 
18 October 2018  
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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  
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 [  ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Engine 
oils; Lubricating preparations (including cutting -oil preparations, bolt or nut release 
preparations, anti -rust or anti -corrosion prepa rations and mould release preparations, 
based on lubricants) and preparations of a kind used for the oil or grease treatment of 
textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials, but excluding preparations 
containing, as basic constituents, 70% or mo re by weight of petroleum oils or of oils 
obtained from bituminous minerals. (HS 3403). Lubricants, industrial oils and related 
products (ICS 75.100).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS 2062:2018 
Standard Test Method f or Evaluation of the Ability of Engine Oil to Emulsify Water and 
Simulated Ed85 Fuel, First Edition. (12 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard covers test method that describes 
a qualitative procedure to measure the a bility of a specific volume of engine oil to emulsify 
a specific added volume of combined water and simulated Ed85 fuel upon agitation in a 
high-speed blender and to retain this emulsified state for at least 24h at temperatures of 
both 20°C to 25°C and -5°C to 0°C.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ASTM D1193  Specification for Reagent Water  
2. ASTM D4175  Terminology Relating to Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, and 
Lubricants  
3. ASTM D4485  Specification for Performance of Active API Service Category Engine 
Oils 
4. ASTM D4806  Specification for Denatured Fuel Ethanol for Blending with Gasolines 
for Use as Au tomotive Spark -Ignition Engine Fuel  G/TBT/N/UGA/958  
 
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  5. ASTM D5798  Specification for Ethanol Fuel Blends for Flexible -Fuel Automotive 
Spark -Ignition Engines  
6. ASTM D5854  Practice for Mixing and Handling of Liquid Samples of Petroleum and 
Petroleum Products  
7. ASTM E1272  Specificat ion for Laboratory Glass Graduated Cylinders  
9. Proposed date of adoption: December 2018  
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: