G/TBT/N/UGA/949  
 
17 October 2018  
(18-6464) Page: 1/3 
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 2055:2018 
Standard Test Method f or Evaluation of Automotive Engine Oils in the Sequence IIIG, 
Spark -Ignition Engine, First Edition. (71 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard covers the test method for an 
engine test procedure for evaluating automoti ve engine oils for certain high -temperature 
performance characteristics, including oil thickening, varnish deposition, oil consumption, 
as well as engine wear. Such oils include both single viscosity grade and multiviscosity 
grade oils that are used in bot h spark -ignition, gasoline -fueled engines, as well as in diesel 
engines.  
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 D86 -17 Standard Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products and 
Liquid Fuels at Atmospheric Pressure  
2. ASTM D130 -18 Standard Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from Petroleum 
Products by Copper Strip Test  
3. ASTM D235 -02(2012) Standard Specification for Mineral Spirits (Petroleum 
Spirits) (Hydrocarbon Dry Cleaning Solvent)  G/TBT/N/UGA/949  
 
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  4. ASTM D240 -17 Standard Test Method for Heat of Combustion of Liquid 
Hydrocarbon Fuels by Bomb Calorimeter  
5. ASTM D323 -15a Standard Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petro leum Products 
(Reid Method)  
6. ASTM D381 -12(2017) Standard Test Method for Gum Content in Fuels by Jet 
Evaporation  
7. ASTM D445 -17a Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and 
Opaque Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity)  
8. ASTM D525 -12a Standard Test Method for Oxidation Stability of Gasoline 
(Induction Period Method)  
9. ASTM D1319 -15 Standard Test Method for Hydrocarbon Types in Liquid Petroleum 
Products by Fluorescent Indicator Adsorption  
10. ASTM D2699 -18 Standard Test Method for Research O ctane Number of Spark -
Ignition Engine Fuel  
11. ASTM D2700 -18 Standard Test Method for Motor Octane Number of Spark -
Ignition Engine Fuel  
12. ASTM D3231 -18 Standard Test Method for Phosphorus in Gasoline  
13. ASTM D3237 -17 Standard Test Method for Lead in Gasoline by Ato mic Absorption 
Spectroscopy  
14. ASTM D3244 -16 Standard Practice for Utilization of Test Data to Determine 
Conformance with Specifications  
15. ASTM D3338/D3338M -09(2014)e2 Standard Test Method for Estimation of Net 
Heat of Combustion of Aviation Fuels  
16. ASTM D3343 -16 Standard Test Method for Estimation of Hydrogen Content of 
Aviation Fuels  
17. ASTM D4052 -18 Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API 
Gravity of Liquids by Digital Density Meter  
18. ASTM D4175 -18 Standard Terminology Relating to Petroleum Produc ts, Liquid 
Fuels, and Lubricants  
19. ASTM D4485 -16 Standard Specification for Performance of Active API Service 
Category Engine Oils  
20. ASTM D4684 -18 Standard Test Method for Determination of Yield Stress and 
Apparent Viscosity of Engine Oils at Low Temperature  
21. ASTM D4815 -15b Standard Test Method for Determination of MTBE, ETBE, TAME, 
DIPE, tertiary -Amyl Alcohol and C1 to C4 Alcohols in Gasoline by Gas 
Chromatography  
22. ASTM D5185 -18 Standard Test Method for Multielement Determination of Used 
and Unused Lubricating O ils and Base Oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic 
Emission Spectrometry (ICP -AES) 
23. ASTM D5191 -18 Standard Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products 
(Mini Method)  
24. 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  
25. ASTM D5452 -12 Standard Test Method for Particulate Contamination in Aviation 
Fuels by Laboratory Filtration  
26. ASTM D5453 -16e1 Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in 
Light Hyd rocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel Engine Fuel, and Engine 
Oil by Ultraviolet Fluorescence  G/TBT/N/UGA/949  
 
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  27. ASTM D6795 -13 Standard Test Method for Measuring the Effect on Filterability of 
Engine Oils After Treatment with Water and Dry Ice and a Short (30 min) He ating 
Time 
28. ASTM D6593 -17 Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Automotive Engine Oils 
for Inhibition of Deposit Formation in a Spark -Ignition Internal Combustion Engine 
Fueled with Gasoline and Operated Under Low -Temperature, Light -Duty 
Conditions  
29. ASTM D6750 -18 Standard Test Methods for Evaluation of Engine Oils in a High -
Speed, Single -Cylinder Diesel Engine -1K Procedure (0.4% Fuel Sulfur) and 1N 
Procedure (0.04% Fuel Sulfur)  
30. ASTM D6984 -18 Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Automotive Engine Oil s 
in the Sequence IIIF, Spark -Ignition Engine  
31. ASTM D7422 -17a Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Diesel Engine Oils in 
T-12 Exhaust Gas Recirculation Diesel Engine  
32. ASTM E29 -13 Standard Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to 
Determine Conf ormance with Specifications  
33. ASTM E191 -64(2017) Standard Specification for Apparatus For 
Microdetermination of Carbon and Hydrogen in Organic and Organo -Metallic 
Compounds  
34. ASTM E608/E608M -13 Standard Specification for Mineral -Insulated, Metal -
Sheathed Base Metal Thermocouples  
35. ASTM E1119 -09(2015)e1 Standard Specification for Industrial Grade Ethylene 
Glycol  
36. IEEE/ASTM SI  10 Standard for Use of the International System of Units (SI): 
The Modern Metric System3  
37. MIL-PRF-2104,  Lubricating Oil, Internal Combustion Engine, Tactical Service  
38. J183,  Engine Oil Performance and Engine Service Classification (Other Than 
"Energy -Conserving ") 
39. J300,  Engine Oil Viscosity Classification *HS -23/00  
40. J304,  Engine Oil Tests  
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: