G/TBT/N/UGA/963  
 
18 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 Additives ; 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 3403), - Additives for lubricating oils: 
(HS 38112). Lubricants, industrial oils and related products (ICS 75.100).  
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document: DUS 2067:2018 
Standard Test Method for Sulfated Ash from Lubricating Oils and Additives, First Edition. 
(13 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard covers the test method for the 
determi nation of the sulfated ash from unused lubricating oils containing additives and 
from additive concentrates used in compounding. These additives usually contain one or 
more of the following metals: barium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, potassium, sodium, and 
tin. The elements sulfur, phosphorus, and chlorine can also be present in combined form.  
Application of this test method to sulfated ash levels below 0.02% by mass is restricted 
to oils containing ashless  additives. The lower limit of the test method is 0.005% by mass 
sulfated ash.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. EN 14213  Heating Fuels -Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) -Requirements and Test 
Methods  
2. EN 14214  Automotive Fuels -Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) for Diesel Engines -
Requirements and Test Methods  
3. ASTM D482 -13 Standard Test Method for Ash from Petro leum Products  G/TBT/N/UGA/963  
 
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  4. ASTM D1193 -06(2018) Standard Specification for Reagent Water  
5. ASTM D4057 -12 Standard Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and 
Petroleum Products  
6. ASTM D4177 -16e1 Standard Practice for Automatic Sampling of Petroleum and 
Petroleum Products  
7. ASTM D6299 -18 Standard Practice for Applying Statistical Quality Assurance and 
Control Charting Techniques to Evaluate Analytical Measurement System 
Performance  
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: