G/TBT/N/UGA/954  
 
17 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): Rubber 
and articles thereof (HS 40). Rubber (ICS 83.060).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notifi ed document: DUS 2060:2018 
Standard Test Method for Rubber Property -Effect of Liquids, First Edition. (29 page(s), in 
English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard covers test method for the required 
procedures to evaluate the comparativ e ability of rubber and rubber -like compositions to 
withstand the effect of liquids. It is designed for testing: (1) specimens of vulcanized 
rubber cut from standard sheets (see Practice D3182), (2) specimens cut from fabric 
coated with vulcanized rubber ( see Test Methods D751), or (3) finished articles of 
commerce (see Practice D3183). This test method is not applicable to the testing of 
cellular rubbers, porous compositions, and compressed sheet packing, except as 
described in 12.2.2.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. D92 Test Method for Flash and Fire Points by Cleveland Open Cup Tester  
2. D97 Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum Products  
3. D287  Test Method for API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Petroleum Products 
(Hydrometer Method)  
4. D412  Test Methods for Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomers -Tension  
5. D445  Test Method for Kinematic Visc osity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids 
(and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity)  
6. D611  Test Methods for Aniline Point and Mixed Aniline Point of Petroleum Products 
and Hydrocarbon Solvents  
7. D751  Test Methods for Coated Fabrics  G/TBT/N/UGA/954  
 
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  8. D865  Test Method for Rubber -Deter ioration by Heating in Air (Test Tube 
Enclosure)  
9. D975  Specification for Diesel Fuel Oils  
10. D1217  Test Method for Density and Relative Density (Specific Gravity) of Liquids 
by Bingham Pycnometer  
11. D1415  Test Method for Rubber Property -International Hardness  
12. D1500 Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color Scale)  
13. D1747  Test Method for Refractive Index of Viscous Materials  
14. D2008  Test Method for Ultraviolet Absorbance and Absorptivity of Petroleum 
Products  
15. D2140  Practice for Calculating Carbon -Type Composition of Insulating Oils of 
Petroleum Origin  
16. D2240  Test Method for Rubber Property -Durometer Hardness  
17. D2501  Test Method for Calculation of Viscosity -Gravity Constant (VGC) of 
Petroleum Oils  
18. D2699  Test Method for Research Octane Number of Spark -Ignition Engine Fuel  
19. D3182  Practice for Rubber -Materials, Equipment, and Procedures for Mixing 
Standard Compounds and Preparing Standard Vulcanized Sheets  
20. D3183  Practice for Rubber -Preparation of Pieces for Test Purposes from Products  
21. D4483  Practice for Evaluating Precision for Test Method Standards in the Rubber 
and Carbon Black Manufacturing Industries  
22. D4485  Specification for Performance of Active API Service Category Engine Oils  
23. D4806  Specification for Denatured Fuel Ethanol for Blending with Gasol ines for 
Use as Automotive Spark -Ignition Engine Fuel  
24. D5900  Specification for Physical and Chemical Properties of Industry Reference 
Materials (IRM)  
25. D5964  Practice for Rubber IRM 901, IRM 902, and IRM 903 Replacement Oils for 
ASTM No. 1, ASTM No. 2, ASTM N o. 3 Oils, and IRM 905 formerly ASTM No. 5 Oil  
26. E145 Specification for Gravity -Convection and Forced -Ventilation Ovens  
27. J 300  Engine Oil Viscosity Classification  
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: