G/TBT/N/TZA/303  
25 July 2019  
(19-4937) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  TANZANIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ,  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , emai l 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 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 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):  Liquid 
fuels (ICS 75.160.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
FDEAS  158: 2019 Automotive gasoline (premium motor spirit) — Specification 
(9 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Final Draft East African Standard specifies requirements 
and sampling and test methods for automotive gasoline, Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), 
also commonly known as petrol, for use in spark ignition engines, including those 
equipped with devices to reduce emitted pollutants. The standard applies to PMS as 
manufactur ed, stored, transported and marketed.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• ASTM D86, Standard test method for distillation of petroleum products at 
atmospheric pressure  
• ASTM D130, Standard Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from Petroleum 
Products by Copper Strip Test  
• ASTM D323, Standard test method for vapour pressure of petroleum products 
(Reid Method)  
• ASTM  D381, Standard Test Method for Gum Content in Fuels by Jet Evaporation  G/TBT/N/TZA/303  
 
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  • ASTM D525, Standard Test Method for Oxidation Stability of Gasoline (Induction 
Period Method)  
• ASTM D1298, Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, or API Gravity 
of Crude Pe troleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method  
• ASTM D1319, Standard Test Method for Hydrocarbon Types in Liquid Petroleum 
Products by Fluorescent Indicator Adsorption  
• ASTM D2622, Standard Test Method for Sulphur in Petroleum Products by 
Wavelen gth Dispersive X -ray Fluorescence Spectrometry  
• ASTM D2699, Standard Test Method for Research Octane Number of Spark -
Ignition Engine Fuel  
• ASTM D2700, Standard Test Method for Motor Octane Number of Spark -Ignition 
Engine Fuel  
• ASTM D3227, Standard Test Method  for (Thiol Mercaptan) Sulphur in Gasoline, 
Kerosene, Aviation Turbine, and Distillate Fuels (Potentiometric Method)  
• ASTM D3237, Standard Test Method for Lead in Gasoline by Atomic Absorption 
Spectroscopy  
• ASTM D4052, Standard Test Method for Density, Relat ive Density, and API Gravity 
of Liquids by Digital Density Meter  
• ASTM D 4294, Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum 
Products by Energy Dispersive X -ray Fluorescence Spectrometry  
• ASTM D4952, Standard Test Method for Qualitative Analysis  for Active Sulphur 
Species in Fuels and Solvents (Doctor Test)  
• ASTM D5191, Standard Test Method for vapour pressure of petroleum products 
(Mini method)  
• ASTM D5443, Standard Test Method for Paraffin, Naphthene, and Aromatic 
Hydrocarbon Type Analysis in Pet roleum Distillates Through 200°C by Multi -
Dimensional Gas Chromatography  
• ASTM D5453, Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in Light 
Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel Engine Fuel, and Engine Oil by 
Ultraviolet Fluorescence  
• ASTM D5580, Standard Test Method for Determination of Benzene, Toluene, 
Ethylbenzene, p/m -Xylene, o -Xylene, C9 and Heavier Aromatics, and Total 
Aromatics in Finished Gasoline by Gas Chromatography  
• ASTM D5599, Standard Test Method for determination of oxygenates in gasoline 
by gas chromatography and oxygen selective flame ionization detection  
• EN 237, Liquid petroleum products — Petrol — Determination of low lead 
concentrations by atomic absorption sp ectrometry  
• EN 238, Liquid petroleum products — Petrol — Determination of the benzene 
content by infrared spectrometry  
• EN 1601, Liquid petroleum products — Unleaded petrol — Determination of 
organic oxygenate compounds and total oxygen content by gas chroma tography 
(O-FID) 
• EN 12177, Liquid petroleum products — Unleaded Petrol — Determination of 
benzene content by gas chromatography  
• EN 13016 -1, Liquid petroleum products — Vapour pressure — Part 1: 
Determination of air saturated vapour pressure (ASVP)  
• EN 13132 , Liquid petroleum products — Unleaded petrol — Determination of 
organic oxygenate compounds and total organically bound oxygen content by gas 
chromatography using column switching  G/TBT/N/TZA/303  
 
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  • EN 24260, Petroleum products and hydrocarbons — Determination of Sulphur 
content — Wickbold combustion method  
• IP 30, Detection of mercaptans, hydrogen sulphide, elemental sulphur and 
peroxides — Doctor test method  
• IP 40, Petroleum products — Determination of oxidation stability of gasoline — 
Induction period method  
• IP 123, Petroleum products — Determination of distillation characteristics at 
atmospheric pressure  
• IP 154, Petroleum products — Corrosiveness to copper — Copper strip test  
• IP 336, Petroleum products — Determination of sulphur content — Energy -
dispersive -X-ray fluo rescence method  
• IP 352, Determination of the lead content of automotive gasoline — Energy -
dispersive x -ray fluorescence spectrometry method  
• IP 428, Liquid petroleum products — Petrol — Determination of low lead 
concentrations by atomic absorption spectrome try 
• IP 429, Liquid petroleum products — Petrol — Determination of the benzene 
content by infrared spectrometry  
• ISO 1998, Petroleum industry — Terminology (all parts)  
• ISO 2160, Petroleum products — Corrosiveness to copper — Copper strip test  
• ISO 3170, Petro leum liquids — Manual sampling  
• ISO 3171, Petroleum liquids — Automatic pipeline sampling  
• ISO 3405, Petroleum products — Determination of distillation characteristics at 
atmospheric pressure  
• ISO 3675, Crude petroleum and liquid petroleum products — Laborato ry 
determination of density — Hydrometer method  
• ISO 4259, Petroleum products — Determination and application of precision data 
in relation to methods of test  
• ISO 5163, Petroleum products — Determination of knock characteristics of motor 
and aviation fuels — Motor method  
• ISO 5164, Petroleum products — Determination of knock characteristics of motor 
fuels — Research method  
• ISO 6246, Petroleum products — Gum content of light and middle distillate fuels 
— Jet evaporation method  
• ISO 7536, Gasoline — Determinatio n of oxidation stability of gasoline — Induction 
period method  
• ISO 8754, Petroleum products — Determination of sulphur content — Energy -
dispersive X -ray fluorescence spectrometry  
• ISO 20847, Petroleum products — Determination of sulphur content of 
automotiv e fuels — Energy -dispersivet X -ray fluorescence spectrometry  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister 
for Industry, Trade and Investment  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/TZA/303  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz   
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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