G/TBT/N/UGA/946  
 
15 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): 
Automotive Engine 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 2051:2018 
Standard Te st Method for Evaluation of Automotive Engine Oils for Inhibition of Deposit 
Formation in a Spark -Ignition Internal Combustion Engine Fuelled with Gasoline and 
Operated Under Low -Temperature, Light -Duty Conditions, First Edition. (98 page(s), in 
English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard covers and is commonly referred 
to as the Sequence VG test, and it has been correlated with vehicles used in stop -and-go 
service prior to 1996, particularly with regard to sludge and varnish formation.  It is one 
of the test methods required to evaluate oils intended to satisfy the API SL performance 
category.  
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 Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products and Liquid Fuels at 
Atmospheric Pressure  
2. ASTM D235 Specification for Mineral Spirits (Petroleum Spirits) (Hydrocarbon Dry 
Cleaning Solvent)  
3. ASTM D287 Test Method for API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Petroleum 
Products (Hydrometer Method)  G/TBT/N/UGA/946  
 
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  4. ASTM D323 Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Reid Method)  
5. ASTM D381 Test Method for Gum Content in Fuels by Jet Evaporation  
6. ASTM D445 Test Method for Ki nematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque 
Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity)  
7. ASTM D525 Test Method for Oxidation Stability of Gasoline (Induction Period 
Method)  
8. ASTM D873 -12(2018) Standard Test Method for Oxidation Stability of Aviation 
Fuels (Potential Residue Method)   
9. ASTM D1266 -18 Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (Lamp 
Method)   
10. ASTM D1298 -12b(2017) Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, or 
API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by Hydr ometer 
Method  
11. ASTM D2622 -16 Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by 
Wavelength Dispersive X -ray Fluorescence Spectrometry  
12. ASTM D2789 -95(2016) Standard Test Method for Hydrocarbon Types in Low 
Olefinic Gasoline by Mass Spectrometry   
13. ASTM D3 237-17 Standard Test Method for Lead in Gasoline by Atomic Absorption 
Spectroscopy   
14. ASTM D3525 -04(2016) Standard Test Method for Gasoline Diluent in Used 
Gasoline Engine Oils by Gas Chromatography   
15. ASTM D4057 -12 Standard Practice for Manual Sampling of Pet roleum and 
Petroleum Products  
16. ASTM D4175 -18 Standard Terminology Relating to Petroleum Products, Liquid 
Fuels, and Lubricants  
17. ASTM D4294 -16e1 Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum 
Products by Energy Dispersive X -ray Fluorescence Spectr ometry  
18. ASTM D4485 -16 Standard Specification for Performance of Active API Service 
Category Engine Oils  
19. ASTM D5059 -14 Standard Test Methods for Lead in Gasoline by X -Ray 
Spectroscopy  
20. ASTM D5185 -18 Standard Test Method for Multielement Determination of Used 
and Unused Lubricating Oils and Base Oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic 
Emission Spectrometry (ICP -AES) 
21. 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 (3 0 min) Heating 
Time 
22. ASTM D6304 -16e1 Standard Test Method for Determination of Water in Petroleum 
Products, Lubricating Oils, and Additives by Coulometric Karl Fischer Titration  
23. ASTM D7422 -17a Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Diesel Engine Oils in T -
12 Exhaust Gas Recirculation Diesel Engine  
24. ASTM E29 -13 Standard Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to 
Determine Conformance with Specifications  
25. ASTM G40 -17 Standard Terminology Relating to Wear and Erosion  
26. ASTM Deposit Rating Manual 20   (Formerly CRC Manual 20)  
27. ANSI MC96.1  Temperature Measurement -Thermocouples  G/TBT/N/UGA/946  
 
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  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: