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21 September 2021  
(21-7038) 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  
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   
Websit e: 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 indi cated 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):  Electrical 
Insulating Oil; Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not 
containing biodiesel, n.e.s (HS 271019); Insulating oils (ICS 29.040.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
2361:2021,Standard Test Method for 2,6 -di-tert-Butyl- p-Cresol and 2,6 -di-tert-Butyl 
Phenol in Electrical Insulating Oil by Infrared Absorption, First Edition (12 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standards covers the dete rmination of the 
weight percent of 2,6 -ditertiary -butyl paracresol (DBPC) and 2,6 -ditertiary -butyl phenol 
(DBP) in new or used electrical insulating oil in concentrations up to 0.5  % by measuring 
its absorbance at the specified wavelengths in the infrared spectrum.  
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. D923   Practices for Sampling Electrical Insulating Liquids  
2. D2144   Practices for Examination of Electrical Insulating Oils by Infrared 
Absorption  
3. D3487   Specification for Mineral Insulating Oil Used in Electrical Apparatus  G/TBT/N/UGA/1424  
 
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  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   
Websit e: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
 