G/TBT/N/UGA/1391  
13 September 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 
Coolant; 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 2405:2021, 
Standard Test Method for Determination of Silicon and Other Elements in Engine Coolant 
by Inductively Coupled Plasma -Atomic Emission Spectroscopy, First Edition (12 page(s), 
in Englis h) 
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard covers the determination of silicon 
in engine coolant by inductively coupled plasma -atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP -AES). 
Silicon can be determined as low as the range of 5 ppm by this test method . Other 
elements also found in engine coolant can be determined by this method. This test method 
is applicable to the determination of dissolved or dispersed elements.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Quality 
requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ASTM D1176 Practice for Sampling and Preparing Aqueous Solutions of Engine 
Coolants or Antirusts for Testing Purposes  
2. ASTM D1193 Specification for Reagent Water  G/TBT/N/UGA/1391  
 
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  3. ASTM E177 Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in ASTM Test 
Methods  
4. ASTM E691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to Determine the 
Precision of a Test Method  
5. Method 6010, Inductively Coupled Plasma M ethod, SW -846, Test Methods for 
Evaluating Solid Waste  
6. Method 200.7, Inductively Coupled Plasma - Atomic Emission Spectrometric 
Method for Trace Element Analysis of Water And Wastes, EPA -600/4 -79-020, 
revised 1984  
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