G/TBT/N/UGA/374/Rev.1  
 
5 September 2018  
(18-5561) 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: DUS 249 -3:2018 
Engine Oils - Performance Classification - Part 3: API Specification for light and heavy duty 
Compressio n- ignition (diesel) engines, Second edition. (24 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda standard specifies requirements and test 
methods for light and heavy duty naturally aspirated, turbo -charged or super -charged 
compression -ignition engines, meeting or exceeding API Service Category CH -4. It does 
not cover engine oil for spark ignition engines, aviation equipment, outboard motors, lawn 
mowers, railroad, locomotives, industrial and marine application.  
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 barri ers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. DUS 2040, Standard test method for flash and fire points by Cleveland open cup 
tester  
2. DUS 2053 Standard Test Method for Determination of Homogeneity and Miscibility 
in Automotive Engine Oils  G/TBT/N/UGA/374/Rev.1  
 
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  3. US 1730:2017,  Standard test method for pour point of petroleum products.  
4. US ISO 3104:1994, Standard test method for kinematic viscosity of transparent 
and opaque liquids (the calculation of dynamic viscosity).  
5. DUS 2067 Standard Test Method for Sulfated Ash from Lubrica ting Oils and 
Additives  
6. DUS 2067 Standard Test Method for Measuring Apparent Viscosity at High -
Temperature and High -Shear Rate by Multicell Capillary Viscometer  
7. DUS 2068 Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Corrosiveness of Diesel Engine 
Oil at 135°C  
8. DUS 2041, Standard test method for foaming characteristics of lubricating oils.  
9. DUS 2042, Standard practice for calculating viscosity index from kinematic 
viscosity at 40 and 100 °C.  
10. DUS 2073, Standard Test Method for Boiling Range Distribution of Petroleum 
Fractions by Gas Chromatography1, 2  
11. US 1732:2017, Standard practice for manual sampling of petroleum and petroleum 
products  
12. US 1733:2017, Standard practice for automatic sampling of petroleum and 
petroleum products.  
13. DUS 2068 Standard Specification for Fuel System Icing Inhibitors  
14. DUS 2071, Standard test method for measuring viscosity at high shear rate and 
high temperature by tapered bearing simulator  
15. DUS 2074, Standard test method for determination of yield stress and apparent 
viscosity of engine oils at lo w temperature coupled plasma atomic emission 
spectrometry.  
16. DUS 2045, Standard Test Method for Determination of Additive Elements in 
Lubricating Oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry  
17. DUS 2072 Standard Test Method for Determining Au tomotive Engine Oil 
Compatibility with Typical Seal Elastomers  
18. DUS 2046, Standard test method for evaporation loss of lubricating oils by the 
Noack method.  
19. DUS 2075. Standard Test Method for Shear Stability of Polymer Containing Fluids 
Using a European Die sel Injector Apparatus  
20. DUS 2074 Standard Test Method for Determination of Yield Stress and Apparent 
Viscosity of Used Engine Oils at Low Temperature  
21. DUS 2069, Standard Test Method for Shear Stability of Polymer Containing Fluids 
Using a European Diesel Inj ector Apparatus at 30 and 90 Cycle  
22. DUS 2070, Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Diesel Engine Oils in the T -11 
Exhaust Gas Recirculation Diesel Engine  
23. DUS 249 -4, Engine Oil - Performance Classification - Part 4: Specification for 
internal combustion engi ne oils used in four -stroke - cycle motorcycle gasoline 
engines and associated drive trains  
24. DUS 249 -1:2018, Engine Oil - Performance Classification - Part 1 - General  
25. SAE J300, Engine oil viscosity classification.  
26. ACEA European Oil Sequences 2012. Service fil l oils for Gasoline engines, light duty 
diesel engines, engines with after treatment devices and heavy duty engine oils  
27. API 1509, Engine oil licensing and certification system.  
28. ASTM D4485 Standard Specification for Performance of Active API Service 
Categor y Engine Oils  G/TBT/N/UGA/374/Rev.1  
 
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  29. SANS 1517:2005 High Performance engine lubricating oil for diesel engines (for 
API Service Category CH - 4) 
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_4764_00_e.pdf