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4 October 2021  
(21-7423) 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 2359:2021, 
Standard Test Method for Gassing of Electrical Insulating Liquids Under Electrical Stress 
and Ionization (Modified Pirelli Method), DUS 2359, First Edition (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard meas ures the rate at which gas is 
evolved or absorbed by insulating liquids when subjected to electrical stress of sufficient 
intensity to cause ionization in cells having specific geometries. This test method is not 
concerned with bubbles arising from supersa turation of the insulating liquid.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Quality 
requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
ASTM D924 Test Method for Dissipation Factor (or Power Factor) and Relative Permittivity 
(Dielectric Constant) of Electrical Insulating Liquids  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable  G/TBT/N/UGA/1459  
 
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  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  
 