G/TBT/N/UGA/952  
 
17 October 2018  
(18-6467) Page: 1/2 
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): Petroleum 
products ; Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude. (HS 2709). 
Petroleum products in general (ICS 75.080).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS 2058:2018 
Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X -ray 
Fluorescence Spectrometry, First Edition. (22 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of co ntent: This Draft Uganda Standard covers the test method for the 
determination of total sulfur in petroleum and petroleum products that are single -phase 
and either liquid at ambient conditions, liquefiable with moderate heat, or soluble in 
hydrocarbon solv ents. These materials can include diesel fuel, jet fuel, kerosene, other 
distillate oil, naphtha, residual oil, lubricating base oil, hydraulic oil, crude oil, unleaded 
gasoline, gasoline -ethanol blends, and biodiesel.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. D4057  Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products  
2. D4177  Practice for Automatic Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products  
3. D4294  Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy 
Dispersive X -ray Fluorescence Spectrometry  
4. D4927  Test Methods for Elemental Analysis of Lubricant and Addit ive 
Components -Barium, Calcium, Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Zinc by Wavelength -
Dispersive X -Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy  
5. D6259  Practice for Determination of a Pooled Limit of Quantitation for a Test 
Method  
6. D6299  Practice for Applying Statistical Quality Assur ance and Control Charting 
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  7. D7343  Practice for Optimization, Sample Handling, Calibration, and Validation of 
X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry Methods for Elemental Analysis of Petroleum 
Products  and Lubricants  
8. E29 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: