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4 October 2021  
(21-7422) 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  
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):  Electrical 
Insulating Liquids; 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 2349:2021, 
Standard Practices for Sampling Electrical Insulating Liquids, First Edition (23 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda cover sampling of new electrical insulating 
liquids including oils, askarels, silicones, syn thetic liquids, and natural ester insulating 
liquids as well as those insulating liquids in service or subsequent to service in cables, 
transformers, circuit breakers, and other electrical apparatus. These practices apply to 
liquids having a viscosity of l ess than 6.476 × 10 -4 m2/s (540 cSt) at 40°C (104°F).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Quality 
requirements  G/TBT/N/UGA/1461  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. ASTM D1533 Test Method for Water in Insulating Liquids by Coulometric Karl 
Fischer Titration  
2. ASTM D1933 Specification for Nitrogen Gas as an Electrical Insulating Material  
3. ASTM D3612 Test Method for Analysis of Gases Dissolved in Electrical Insulating 
Oil by Ga s Chromatography  
4. ASTM D4057 Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products  
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  
 