G/TBT/N/UGA/1019  
 
10 January 2019  
(19-0138) 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): Lease 
Automatic Custody Transfer (LACT) Systems; Instruments and apparatus for measuring 
or checking the flow, lev el, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (for example, 
flowmeters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters), excluding instruments and 
apparatus of heading 90.14, 90.15, 90.28 or 90.32. (HS 9026); Volumetric equipment 
and measurements (ICS 75.180. 30) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS 2031:2019, 
Metering Assemblies - Lease Automatic Custody Transfer (LACT) Systems, First Edition. 
(14 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard has been prepared as a guide for 
the design, installation, calibration, and operation of a lease automatic custody transfer 
(LACT) system . 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. FDUS ISO 2714:2017 - Liquid hydrocarbons - Volumetric measurement by 
displacement meter systems other than dispensing pumps  
2. FDUS ISO 2715:2017 - Liquid hydrocarbons - Volumetric measurement by turbine 
meter system  
3. US 1733:2017 Practice  for Automatic  Sampling  of Petroleum  and Petroleum 
Products  
4. US 1732:2017 Practice  for Manual  Sampling  of Petroleum  and Petroleum Products  
5. FDUS ISO 8222: 2002 Petroleum measurement systems - Calibrati on - 
Temperature corrections for use when calibrating volumetric proving tanks  
6. API MPMS Chapter 18.2 Custody Transfer of Crude Oil from Lease Tanks Using 
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  7. API MPMS Chapter 12 - Calculation of Petroleum Quantities, Section 2-Calculation 
of Petroleum Quantities Using Dynamic Measurement Methods and Volumetric 
Correction Factors, Part 2 - Measurement Tickets, Third Edition  
8. API 11N: 1994 Specification for Lease Automatic Custody Transfer (LACT) 
equipment  
9. API MPMS Chapter 7 Temp erature Determination  
10. API MPMS 12.2 Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 12 -
Calculation of Petroleum Quantities  
9. Proposed date of adoption: June 2019  
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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/UGA/19_0191_00_e.pdf