G/TBT/N/UGA/806  
 
29 January 2018  
(18-0656) 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  
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 [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): Above 
ground storage tanks  - Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, of a capacity 
exceeding 300 litres (H S 392510). Stationary containers and tanks (ICS 23.020.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: 
DUS 947-2: 2018, Petroleum Industry – Above ground storage tanks of petroleum 
products – Part 2: Siting, design and constructio n of large consumer Installations and 
Handling of petroleum products and their derivatives. (76 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard covers the layout and design of 
petroleum bulk depots, and the installation of equipment of the types normally used for 
the handling, storage and distribution of petroleum products and their derivatives, other 
than equipment that is used for storage and dispensing on consumer premises (including 
service stations) and for which releva nt standards exist. A design will meet the 
requirements of this standard if it complies with any one of the approved standards listed. 
However, such a standard shall be applied in its entirety (where applicable). For example, 
the product classification of one standard cannot be used in combination with the design of 
another standard.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements;   
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ZS 385, The Petroleum Industry  – Code of Practice – Part 1: Storage and distribution 
of petroleum products in aboveground bulk installations  
2. SANS 10089 -1:2008, The petroleum industry Part 1: Storage and distribution of 
petroleum products in above -ground bulk installations  
3. US 947 -1:2011, Handling of petroleum products and their derivatives – Part 1: 
Sitting, design and construction of service station  
4. US ISO 3183:, Pet roleum and natural gas industries – Steel pipe for pipeline 
transportation systems  
5. API 620 Rules for design and construction of large, welded, low -pressure storage 
tanks.  G/TBT/N/UGA/806  
 
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  6. API 650 Welded steel tanks for oil storage.  
7. AP RP 2003, Protection Against Ignitions Arising Out of Static, Lightning, and Stray 
Currents  
8. API Std 2000 – Venting Atmospheric and Low -Pressure Storage Tanks  
9. ASTM D 86 – Standard Test Method for An American National Standard Distillation of 
Petroleum Products at Atmospheric Pressure  
10. Occupationa l Safety and Health Act, 2006  
11. The electricity act, 1999  
12. IEC 60079 -1 0 – Explosive atmospheres – Part 1: Equipment protection by 
flameproof enclosures "d"  
13. ISO 15589 -1:2015 – Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries – Cathodic 
protection of pipeli ne systems – Part 1: On -land pipelines  
14. ISO 13623:2017 – Petroleum and natural gas industries – Pipeline transportation 
systems  
15. ISO 15589 -2:2012 – Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries – Cathodic 
protection of pipeline transportation systems – Part 2: Offshore pipelines  
16. ISO 13702:2015(en) – Petroleum and natural gas industries – Control and mitigation 
of fires and explosions on offshore production installations – Requirements and 
guidelines  
17. ISO 7203 – Fire extinguishing media – Foam concentrates  
18. ISO 7076 – Fire protection – Foam fire extinguishing systems  
19. ISO 6182 – Fire protection – Automatic sprinkler systems  
20. ISO 1825:2017 – Rubber hoses and hose assemblies for aircraft ground fuelling and 
defuelling – Specification  
21. ISO 6942:2002 – Protective clothing – Protection against heat and fire – Method of 
test: Evaluation of materials and material assemblies when exposed to a source of 
radiant heat  
22. ISO 834 -1:1999 – Fire-resistance tests – Elements of building construction – Part 1: 
General requirements  
23. ISO 16106 – Packaging – Transport packages for dangerous  
24. ISO 7165:2017 – Fire fighting – Portable fire extinguishers – Performance and 
construction Fire fighting – Portable fire extinguishers – Performance and 
construction  
25. ISO 1 6104:2003Packaging – Transport packaging for dangerous goods – Test 
methods  
26. ISO 14557  – Fire-fighting hoses – Rubber and plastics suction hoses and hose 
assemblies  
27. ISO 4497:1983 – Metallic powders – Determination of particle size by dry sieving  
9. Proposed date of adoption: June 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives  
10. Final d ate 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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/ UGA/18_0543_00_e.pdf