G/TBT/N/UGA/960  
 
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, Base oils ; Lubricating preparations (including cutting -oil preparations, bolt or nut 
release preparations, anti -rust or anti -corrosion preparations 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 more 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 2064:2018 
Standard Te st Method for Multielement Determination of Used and Unused Lubricating 
Oils and Base Oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry 
(ICP-AES), First Edition. (18 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard  covers test method for the 
determination of additive elements, wear metals, and contaminants in used and unused 
lubricating oils and base oils by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry 
(ICP-AES).  
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 C1109  Standard Practice for Analysis of Aqueous Leachates from Nuclear  
Waste Materials Using Inductively Coupled Plasma -Atomic Emission Spectroscopy  
2. ASTM D1552  Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by High 
Temperature Combustion and Infrared (IR) Detection or Thermal Conductivity 
Detection (TCD)  
3. ASTM D4057 St andard Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum 
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  4. ASTM D4177 -16e1 Standard Practice for Automatic Sampling of Petroleum and 
Petroleum Products  
5. ASTM D4307 -17 Standard Practice for Preparation of Liquid Blends for Use as 
Analytical Stan dards  
6. ASTM D4628 -16 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Barium, Calcium, 
Magnesium, and Zinc in Unused Lubricating Oils by Atomic Absorption 
Spectrometry  
7. ASTM D4927 -15 Standard Test Methods for Elemental Analysis of Lubricant and 
Additive Components -Barium, Calcium, Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Zinc by 
Wavelength -Dispersive X -Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy  
8. ASTM D4951 -14 Standard Test Method for Determination of Additive Elements in 
Lubricating Oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry  
9. ASTM D7260 -17 Standard Practice for Optimization, Calibration, and Validation of 
Inductively Coupled Plasma -Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP -AES) for 
Elemental Analysis of Petroleum Products and Lubricants  
10. ASTM E135 -16 Standard Terminology Relating to Analytic al Chemistry for Metals, 
Ores, and Related Materials  
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: