G/TBT/N/UGA/1446  
4 October 2021  
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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  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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 dif ferent 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 
Coolants; Anti -freezing preparations and prepared de -icing fluids (excl. prepared 
additives for mineral oils or other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils) (HS 
3820); Refrigerants and antifreezes (ICS 71.100.45)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2427:2021, 
Standard Test Method for Freezing Point of Aqueous Ethylene Glycol Base Engine Co olants 
by Automatic Phase Transition Method, First Edition (13 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard covers the determination of the 
freezing point of an aqueous engine coolant solution.  This test method is designed to  
cover ethylene glycol base coolants up to a maximum concentration of 60  % (v/v) in 
water; however, the ASTM interlaboratory study mentioned in 12.2 has only 
demonstrated the test method with samples having a concentration range of 40 to 60  % 
(v/v) water.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Quality 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. ASTM D1176 Practice for Sampling and Preparing Aqueous Solutions of Engine 
Coolants or Antirusts for Testing Purposes  
2. ASTM D1177 Test Method for Freezing Point of Aqueous Engine Coolants  
3. ASTM D3306 Specification for Glycol Base Engine Coolant for Automobil e and 
Light-Duty Service  
4. ASTM D6210 Specification for Fully -Formulated Glycol Base Engine Coolant for 
Heavy -Duty Engines  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2021  
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:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug