G/TBT/N/UGA/1016  
 
9 January 2019  
(19-0124) Page: 1/3 
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 [X], 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): 
Automotive gas oil, Automotive diesel; Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their 
distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS 27). Liquid fuels (ICS 75.160.20).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: 
DUS DEAS  177:2018, Automotive gas oil (automotive diesel) - Specification, Third Edition 
(17 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and 
methods of sampling and test for automotive gas oil, AGO (automotive diesel) as 
manufactured, stored, transported and marketed.  
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; Reduci ng trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA//286  
2. ASTM D86, Standard Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at 
Atmospheric Pressure  
3. ASTM D93, Standard Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky -Martens Closed Cup 
Tester  
4. ASTM D95, Standard Test Method for Water in Petroleum Products and Bituminous 
Materials by Distillation  
5. ASTM D130, Standard Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from Petroleum 
Products by Copper Strip Test  
6. ASTM D189, Standard Test Method for Conr adson Carbon Residue of Petroleum 
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  7. ASTM D473, Standard Test Method for Sediment in Crude Oils and Fuel Oils by the 
Extraction Method  
8. ASTM D482, Standard Test Method for Ash from Petroleum Products  
9. ASTM D974, Standard Test Method for Acid and Base Number by Colour -Indicator 
Titration  
10. ASTM D976, Standard Test Method for Calculated Cetane Index of Distillate Fuels  
11. ASTM D1298, Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, or API Gravity 
of Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by Hydromet er Method  
12. ASTM D1500, Standard Test Method for ASTM Colour of Petroleum Products (ASTM 
Color Scale)  
13. ASTM D1552, Standard Test Method for Sulphur in Petroleum Products 
(High -Temperature Method)  
14. ASTM D2500 [IP 309], Standard test method for cloud point of pe troleum products  
15. ASTM D6078, Standard Test Method for Evaluating Lubricity of Diesel Fuels by the 
Scuffing Load Ball -on-Cylinder Lubricity Evaluator (SLBOCLE)  
16. EN 12916, Petroleum products - Determination of aromatic hydrocarbon types in 
middle distillates - High performance liquid chromatography method with refractive 
index detection  
17. IP 13, Petroleum products - Determination of carbon residue - Conradson method  
18. IP 34, Determination of flash point - Pensky -Martens closed cup method  
19. IP 53, Crude petroleum and  fuel oils - Determination of sediment - Extraction 
Method  
20. IP 71 Sect 1, Petroleum products - Transparent and opaque liquids - Determination 
of kinematic viscosity and calculation of dynamic viscosity  
21. IP 74, Petroleum products and bituminous materials - Determination of water - 
Distillation method  
22. IP 123, Petroleum products - Determination of distillation characteristics at 
atmospheric pressure  
23. IP 154, Petroleum products - Corrosiveness to copper - Copper strip test  
24. IP 160, Crude petroleum and liquid petrol eum products - Laboratory determination 
of density - Hydrometer method  
25. ISO 2049, Petroleum products - Determination of colour (ASTM scale)  
26. ISO 2160, Petroleum products - Corrosiveness to copper - Copper strip test  
27. ISO 2719, Determination of flash point - Pensky -Martens closed cup method  
28. ISO 3015, Petroleum products - Determination of cloud point  
29. ISO 3104, Petroleum products - Transparent and opaque liquids - Determination of 
kinematic viscosity and calculation of dynamic viscosity  
30. ISO 3405, Petroleum produ cts - Determination of distillation characteristics at 
atmospheric pressure  
31. ISO 3675, Crude petroleum and liquid petroleum products - Laboratory 
determination of density - Hydrometer method  
32. ISO 3733, Petroleum products and bituminous materials - Determinat ion of water 
- Distillation method  
33. ISO 3735, Crude petroleum and fuel oils - Determination of sediment - Extraction 
method  
34. ISO 4259, Petroleum products - Determination and application of precision data in 
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  35. ISO 4264, Petroleum products - Calculation of cetane index of middle -distillate fuels 
by the four -variable equation  
36. ISO 5165, Petroleum products - Determination of the ignition quality of diesel fuels 
- Cetane engine method  
37. ISO 6245, Petroleum products - Determination of ash  
38. ISO 6615, Petroleum products - Determination of carbon residue - Conradson 
method  
39. ISO 6619, Petroleum products and lubricants - Neutralization number - 
Potentiometric titration method  
40. ISO 7537, Petroleum products - Determination of acid number - Semi-micro  colour -
indicator titration method  
41. ISO 10370, Petroleum products - Determination of carbon residue (micro method)  
42. ISO 12156 -1, Diesel fuels - Assessment of lubricity by HFRR  
43. ISO 12185, Crude petroleum and petroleum products - Determination of density - 
Oscillating U -tube method  
44. ISO 12205, Petroleum products - Determination of the oxidation stability of 
distillate fuels  
45. ISO 12937, Petroleum products - Determination of water - Coulometric Karl Fisher 
titration method  
46. ISO 20846, Petroleum products - Determinat ion of sulfur content of automotive 
fuels - Ultraviolet fluorescence method  
47. ISO 20847, Petroleum products - Determination of sulfur content of automotive 
fuels - Energy dispersive X -ray fluorescence spectrometry  
48. ISO 20884, Petroleum products - Determinatio n of sulfur content of automotive 
fuels - Wavelength -dispersive X -ray fluorescence spectrometry  
49. BS EN 590:2004, Automotive fuels - Diesel - Requirements and test methods  
50. EN 12662, Liquid petroleum products - Determination of contamination in middle 
distillates 
51. EN 14274 [IP 508], Methods of test for petroleum and its products - Automotive 
fuels - Assessment of petrol and diesel quality - Fuel quality monitoring system 
(FQMS)  
52. ISO 13759, Petroleum products - Determination of alkyl nitrate in diesel fuels - 
Spectrometric method  
53. ISO 17020, General criteria for the operation of various types of bodies performing 
inspection  
54. SANS 342:2006, Automotive diesel fuel  
9. Proposed date of adoption: June 2019  
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 and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/UGA/19_0159_00_e.pdf