G/TBT/N/UGA/961  
 
18 October 2018  
(18-6510) 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 [  ], 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 2065:2018, 
Standard Test Method for Bench Oxidation of Engine Oils by ROBO Apparatus, First 
Edition. (31 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard covers test method that describes 
a bench procedure to simulate the oil aging encountered in Test Method D 7320, the 
Sequence IIIG engine test method. These aged oils are then tested for kinematic viscosity 
and for low -temperature pumpability properties as described in the Sequence IIIGA 
engine test, Appendix X1 of Test Method D7320.  
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 D445  Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and 
Opaque Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity)  
2. ASTM D4175 Standard Terminology Relating to Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, 
and Lubricants  
3. ASTM D4485 -16 Standard Specification for Performance of Active API Service 
Category Engine Oils  
4. ASTM D4684 -18 Standard Test Method for Determination of Yield Stress and 
Apparent Viscosity of Engine Oils at Low Temperature  G/TBT/N/UGA/961  
 
- 2 - 
 
  5. ASTM D5293 -17a Standard Test Method for Apparent Viscosity of Engine Oils and 
Base Stocks Between -10°C and -35°C Using Cold -Cranking Simulator  
6. ASTM D7320 -18 Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Automotive Engine Oils 
in the Sequence IIIG, Spark -Ignition Engine  
7. SAE J300  Engine Oil Viscosity Classification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applic able 
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: