G/TBT/N/UGA/979  
 
29 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): 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 b asic 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: FDUS 
2072:2018 Standard Test Method for Determining Automotive Engine Oil Compatibility 
with Typical Seal Elastomers, First Edition. (43 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Final Draft Uganda Standard covers the test method for 
quantitative pro cedures for the evaluation of the compatibility of automotive engine oils 
with several reference elastomers typical of those used in the sealing materials in contact 
with these oils. Compatibility is evaluated by determining the changes in volume, 
Duromete r A hardness, and tensile properties when the elastomer specimens are 
immersed in the oil for a specified time and temperature.  
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  Standard Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products and Liquid 
Fuels at Atmospheric Pressure  
2. ASTM D93  Standard Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky -Martens Closed Cup 
Tester  
3. ASTM D97  Standard Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum Products  
4. ASTM D130  Standard Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from Petroleum 
Products by Copper Strip Test  G/TBT/N/UGA/979  
 
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  5. ASTM D235 -02(2012) Standard Specification for Mineral Spirits (Petroleum 
Spirits) (Hy drocarbon Dry Cleaning Solvent)  
6. ASTM D287 -12b Standard Test Method for API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and 
Petroleum Products (Hydrometer Method)  
7. ASTM D445 -17a Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and 
Opaque Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity)  
8. ASTM D482 -13 Standard Test Method for Ash from Petroleum Products  
9. ASTM D524 -15 Standard Test Method for Ramsbottom Carbon Residue of 
Petroleum Products  
10. ASTM D613 -18 Standard Test Method for Cetane Number of Diesel Fuel Oil  
11. ASTM D664 -17a Standard Test Method for Acid Number of Petroleum Products by 
Potentiometric Titration  
12. ASTM D976 -06(2016) Standard Test Method for Calculated Cetane Index of 
Distillate Fuels  
13. ASTM D1319 -15 Standard Test Method for Hydrocarbon Types in Liquid Petroleum 
Products by Fluorescent Indicator Adsorption  
14. ASTM D2274 -14 Standard Test Method for Oxidation Stability of Distillate Fuel Oil 
(Accelerated Method)  
15. ASTM D2500 -17a Standard Test Method for Cloud Point of Petroleum Products 
and Liquid Fuels  
16. ASTM D2622 -16 Stan dard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by 
Wavelength Dispersive X -ray Fluorescence Spectrometry  
17. ASTM D2709 -16 Standard Test Method for Water and Sediment in Middle Distillate 
Fuels by Centrifuge  
18. ASTM D3524 -14 Standard Test Method for Diesel Fuel  Diluent in Used Diesel 
Engine Oils by Gas Chromatography  
19. ASTM D4052 -18 Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API 
Gravity of Liquids by Digital Density Meter  
20. ASTM D4175 -18 Standard Terminology Relating to Petroleum Products, Liquid 
Fuels,  and Lubricants  
21. ASTM D4294 -16e1 Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum 
Products by Energy Dispersive X -ray Fluorescence Spectrometry  
22. ASTM D4737 -10(2016) Standard Test Method for Calculated Cetane Index by 
Four Variable Equation  
23. ASTM D47 39-17 Standard Test Method for Base Number Determination by 
Potentiometric Hydrochloric Acid Titration  
24. 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) 
25. ASTM D5453 -16e1 Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in 
Light Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel Engine Fuel, and Engine 
Oil by Ultraviolet Fluorescence  
26. ASTM D5967 -17 Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Diesel Engine Oils in T -
8 Diesel Engine  
27. ASTM D6278 -17e1 Standard Test Method for Shear Stability of Polymer 
Containing Fluids Using a European Diesel Injector Apparatus  
28. ASTM D6896 -18 Standard Test Method for Determination of Yield Stress and 
Apparent Viscosity of Used Engine Oils at Low Temperature  G/TBT/N/UGA/979  
 
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  29. ASTM D7109 -18 Standard Test Method for Shear Stability of Polymer -Containing 
Fluids Using a European Diesel Injector Apparatus at 30 Cycles and 90 Cycles  
30. ASTM D7422 -17a Standard Test Method for Eval uation of Diesel Engine Oils in T -
12 Exhaust Gas Recirculation Diesel Engine  
31. ASTM E29 -13 Standard Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to 
Determine Conformance with Specifications  
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: