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21 September 2021  
(21-7033) 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):  Insulating 
liquids; Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not 
containing biodiesel, n.e.s (HS 271019); Insulating fluids in general (ICS 29.040.01)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified documen t: DUS 2357:2021, 
Standard Practice for Determining the Coefficient of Thermal Expansion of Electrical 
Insulating Liquids of Petroleum Origin, and Askarels, First Edition (8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard covers  the determination of the 
coefficient of thermal expansion of electrical insulating liquids of petroleum origin, and 
askarels, containing PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), when used as an insulating or 
cooling medium, or both, in cables, transformers, oil circuit breakers, capacitors, or 
similar apparatus.  
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 D941 Test Method for Density and Relative Density (Specific Gravity) of 
Liquids by Lipkin Bicapillary Pycnometer  
2. ASTM D1250 Guide for Use of the Petroleum Measurement Tables  
3. ASTM D1298 Test Method for Density, Relative Density, or API Gravity of Crude 
Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method  
4. ASTM D1810 Test Method for Specific Gravity of Askarels  G/TBT/N/UGA/1421  
 
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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   
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
 