G/TBT/N/UGA/373/Rev.1  
 
5 September 2018  
(18-5560) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member: UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 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 Art icle 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 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 Oil; 
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 34 03). Lubricants, industrial oils and related 
products (ICS 75.100).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: CDUS 249 -
2:2018, Engine Oils - Performance Classification - Part 2 -: API Specification for Spark 
Ignition (petrol) engine s, Second edition. (26 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies performance requirements, 
sampling and test methods for spark ignition engine oil of passenger cars, light duty 
trucks, vans and related equipment meeting or exceeding API service category SJ. It does 
not cover engine oil for compression ignition engines, aviation equipment, outboard 
motors, lawn mowers, railroad locomotives or ocean going vessels.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of  urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. DUS 2040 Standard test method for flash and fire points by Cleveland open cup 
tester.  
2. US 1730:2017 Standard test method for pour point of petroleum products  
3. US 1732:2017, Standard practice for manual sampling of petroleum and petroleum  G/TBT/N/UGA/373/Rev.1  
 
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  products  
4. US 1733:2017, Standard practice for automatic sampling of petroleum and 
petroleum products  
5. US ISO 3104:1994 Standard test method for kinematic viscosity of transparent 
and opaque liquids (the calculation of dynamic viscosity  
6. DUS 2041 Standard tes t method for foaming characteristics of lubricating oils  
7. DUS 2042 Standard practice for calculating viscosity index from kinematic viscosity 
at 40 and 100 °C.  
8. DUS 2043 Standard Test Method for Measuring Viscosity of New and Used Engine 
Oils at High Shear Rate and High Temperature by Tapered Bearing Simulator 
Viscometer at 150 °C  
9. DUS 2044 Standard test method for determination of yield stress and apparent 
viscosity of engine oils at low temperature.  
10. US 2045 Standard test method for determination of additive  elements in 
lubricating oils by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry.  
11. DUS 2046 Standard test method for evaporation loss of lubricating oils by the 
Noack method.  
12. DUS 2047 Standard test method for high temperature foaming characteristics  of 
lubricating oils.  
13. DUS 2048 Standard test method for determination of high temperature deposits by 
thermos oxidation engine oil simulation test.  
14. DUS 2049 Standard Test Method for Estimation of Engine Oil Volatility by Capillary 
Gas Chromatography  
15. DUS 20 50 Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Rust Preventive Characteristics 
of Automotive Engine Oils  
16. DUS 2051 Standard Test 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  
17. DUS 2052 Standard test method for measuring the effect on filterability of engine 
oils after treatment with various amounts of water and a long (6 -h) heating time.  
18. DUS 2052 Stand ard Test Method for Measuring the Effect on Filterability of Engine 
Oils After Treatment with Water and Dry Ice and a Short (30 min) Heating Time  
19. DUS 2056 Standard Test Method for Apparent Viscosity of Engine Oils and Base 
Stocks Between -10 °C and -35 °C Using Cold -Cranking Simulator  
20. DUS 2057 Standard Test Method for Low Temperature, Low Shear Rate, 
Viscosity/Temperature Dependence of Lubricating Oils Using a Temperature -
Scanning Technique  
21. DUS 2053 Standard test method for the determination of homogeneity and 
miscibility in automotive engine oils.  
22. DUS 2054 Standard Test Method for Determination of Moderately High 
Temperature Piston Deposits by Thermo -Oxidation Engine Oil Simulation Test -
TEOST MHT  
23. DUS 2058 Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Product s by Wavelength 
Dispersive X -ray Fluorescence Spectrometry  
24. DUS 2055 Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Automotive Engine Oils in the 
Sequence IIIG, Spark -Ignition Engine  
25. DUS 2059 Standard Test Methods for Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic 
Elastomers -Tension  
26. DUS 2060 Standard Test Method for Rubber Property -Effect of Liquids  G/TBT/N/UGA/373/Rev.1  
 
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  27. DUS 2061 Standard Test Method for Rubber Property -Durometer Hardness  
28. DUS 2062 Standard Test Method for Evaluation of the Ability of Engine Oil to 
Emulsify Water and Simulated Ed85 Fuel 
29. DUS 2063 Standard Test Method for Measuring the Effect on Filterability of Engine 
Oils After Treatment with Water and Dry Ice and a Short (30 min) Heating Time  
30. DUS 2064 Standard Test Method for Multielement Determination of Used and 
Unused Lubricating  Oils and Base Oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic 
Emission Spectrometry (ICP -AES) 
31. DUS 2065 Standard Test Method for Bench Oxidation of Engine Oils by ROBO 
Apparatus  
32. DUS 2066 Standard Practice for Utilization of Test Data to Determine Conformance 
with Specifications  
33. DUS 249 -1:2018 Engine Oil - Performance Classification - Part 1 - General  
34. ACEA European Oil Sequences 2012. Service fill oils for Gasoline engines, light duty 
diesel engines, engines with after treatment devices and heavy duty engine oils  
35. ASTM D4485 Standard Specification for Performance of Active API Service 
Category Engine Oils  
36. API 1509, Engine oil licensing and certification system  
37. SAE J300, Engine oil viscosity classification  
38. SANS 1516:2005 High performance engine lubricating oil for pe trol engines (for 
API service category SJ)  
39. US 249:2000/ EAS 159, Specification for engine oil  
9. Proposed date of adoption: December 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/UGA/18_4763_00_e.pdf