G/TBT/N/BDI/728,
G/TBT/N/KEN/2015,
G/TBT/N/RWA/1371,
G/TBT/N/TZA/1561,
G/TBT/N/UGA/2327

27 March 2026

(26-2444)

Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade

Original: English

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Agency responsible:

Tanzania Bureau of Standards

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], Other:

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Products covered (HS codes or national tariff lines. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other than crude) and preparations n.e.s. or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations, containing biodiesel (excl. waste oils) (HS code(s): 271020); Liquid fuels (ICS code(s): 75.160.20)

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Details of notified document(s) (title, number of pages and languages, means of access): DEAS 1333: 2026, Automotive B5 biodiesel fuel — Specification, First Edition; (12 page(s), in English)

Link to notified document(s) and/or contact details for agency or authority which can provide copies upon request:

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2026/TBT/TZA/26_01720_00_e.pdf

Tanzania Bureau of Standards

Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road

P. O. Box 9524

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA

Tel. No: +255 22 245 0298/+255 22 245 0206

Email: nep@tbs.go.tz

Website: www.tbs.go.tz

Telefax: +255 22 2450959

E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz

Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz

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Description of content: This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, test methods and sampling for automotive B5 biodiesel fuel. This standard is applicable to a fuel blend of 5% biodiesel and 95% automotive diesel.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement

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Relevant documents:

1. ASTM D86, Standard test method for distillation of petroleum products and liquid fuels at atmospheric pressure

2. ASTM D93, Standard test methods for flash point by pensky-martens closed cup tester

3. ASTM D95, Standard test method for water in petroleum products and bituminous materials by distillation

4. ASTM D130, Standard test method for corrosiveness to copper from petroleum products by copper strip test ASTM D189, Standard test method for conradson carbon residue of petroleum products

5. ASTM D445, Standard test method for kinematic viscosity of transparent and opaque liquids (and calculation of dynamic viscosity)

6. ASTM D473, Standard test method for sediment in crude oils and fuel oils by the extraction method

7. ASTM D482, Standard test method for ash from petroleum products

8. ASTM D613, Standard test method for cetane number of diesel fuel oil

9. ASTM D664, Standard test method for acid number of petroleum products by potentiometric titration

10. ASTM D974, Standard test method for acid and base number by color-indicator titration

11. ASTM D976, Standard test method for calculated cetane index of distillate fuels

12. ASTM D1298, Standard test method for density, relative density, or api gravity of crude petroleum and liquid petroleum products by hydrometer method

13. ASTM D1500, Standard test method for astm colour of petroleum products (ASTM colour scale)

14. ASTM D1552, Standard test method for sulfur in petroleum products by high temperature combustion and Infrared (IR) detection or Thermal Conductivity Detection (TCD)

15. ASTM D2274, Standard test method for oxidation stability of distillate fuel oil (accelerated method)

16. ASTM D2500, Standard test method for cloud point of petroleum products and liquid fuels

17. ASTM D4052, Standard test method for density, relative density, and api gravity of liquids by digital density meter

18. ASTM D4294, Standard test method for sulfur in petroleum and petroleum products by energy dispersive X- ray fluorescence spectrometry

19. ASTM D4530, Standard test method for determination of carbon residue (micro method)

20. ASTM D4737, Standard test method for calculated cetane index by four variable equation

21. ASTM D5453, Standard test method for determination of total sulfur in light hydrocarbons, spark ignition engine fuel, diesel engine fuel, and engine oil by ultraviolet fluorescence

22. ASTM D5771, Standard test method for cloud point of petroleum products and liquid fuels (optical detection stepped cooling method)

23. ASTM D5773, Standard test method for cloud point of petroleum products and liquid fuels (constant cooling rate method)

24. ASTM D6078, Standard test method for evaluating lubricity of diesel fuels by the Scuffing Load Ball-on-Cylinder Lubricity Evaluator (SLBOCLE)

25. ASTM D6079, Standard test method for evaluating lubricity of diesel fuels by the High-Frequency Reciprocating Rig (HFRR)

26. ASTM D6217, Standard test method for particulate contamination in middle distillate fuels by laboratory filtration

27. ASTM D6304, Standard test method for determination of water in petroleum products, lubricating oils and additives by coulometric Karl Fischer titration

28. ASTM D6371, Standard test method for cold filter plugging point of diesel and heating fuels

29. ASTM D7042, Standard test method for dynamic viscosity and density of liquids by stabinger viscometer and the calculation of kinematic viscosity

30. ASTM D7321, Standard test method for particulate contamination of biodiesel B100 blend stock biodiesel esters and biodiesel blends by laboratory filtration

31. ASTM D7371, Standard test method for determination of biodiesel (fatty acid methyl esters) content in diesel fuel oil using mid infrared spectroscopy (FTIR-ATR-PLS method)

32. ASTM D7861, Standard test method for determination of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) in diesel fuel by Linear Variable Filter (LVF) array based mid-infrared spectroscopy

33. DEAS 1332: 2026, Automotive biodiesel fuel - Specification

34. EN 116, Diesel and domestic heating fuels — Determination of cold filter plugging point — Stepwise cooling bath method

35. EN 12662, Liquid petroleum products — Determination of contamination in middle distillates

36. EN 12916, Petroleum products — Determination of aromatic hydrocarbon types in middle distillates — High performance liquid chromatography method with refractive index detection

37. EN 14078, Liquid petroleum products — Determination of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) in middle distillates Infrared spectroscopy method

38. EN 14331, Liquid petroleum products — Separation and characterisation of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) from middle distillates — Liquid chromatography (LC)/gas chromatography (GC) method

39. IP 4, Petroleum products — Determination of ash

40. IP 13, Petroleum products — Determination of carbon residue — Conradson method

41. IP 34, Determination of flash point — Pensky-martens closed cup method

42. IP 53, Crude petroleum and fuel oils — Determination of sediment — Extraction method

43. IP 71, Petroleum products — Transparent and opaque liquids — Determination of kinematic viscosity and calculation of dynamic viscosity

44. IP 74, Petroleum products and bituminous materials — Determination of water — Distillation method IP 123, Petroleum products — Determination of distillation characteristics at atmospheric pressure IP 154, Petroleum products — Corrosiveness to copper — Copper strip test

45. IP 160, Crude petroleum and liquid petroleum products — Laboratory determination of density — Hydrometer method

46. IP 219, Petroleum products — Determination of cloud point

47. IP 309, Diesel and domestic heating fuels — Determination of cold filter plugging point copy diesel fuel oil using mid infrared spectroscopy (FTIR-ATR-PLS method)

48. IP 365, Crude petroleum and petroleum products — Determination of density — Oscillating U-tube method and Infrared (IR) detection or Thermal Conductivity Detection (TCD) engine fuel, diesel engine fuel, and engine oil by ultraviolet fluorescence

49. IP 380, Petroleum products — Calculation of cetane index of middle distillate fuels by the four-variable equation

50. IP 388, Petroleum products — Determination of the oxidation stability of middle-distillate fuels

51. IP 393, Determination of volatility of automotive lubricating oils — Thermogravimetric method IP 398, Petroleum products — Determination of carbon residue — Micro method

52. IP 440, Liquid petroleum products — Determination of contamination in middle distillates

53. IP 450, Diesel fuel – Assessment of lubricity using the high-frequency reciprocating rig (HFRR) – Part 1: Test method

54. ISO 2049, Petroleum products — Determination of colour (ASTM scale)

55. ISO 2160, Petroleum products — Corrosiveness to copper — Copper strip test

56. ISO 2719, Determination of flash point — Pensky-martens closed cup method

57. ISO 3015, Petroleum and related products from natural or synthetic sources — Determination of cloud point

58. ISO 3104, Petroleum products — Transparent and opaque liquids — Determination of kinematic viscosity and calculation of dynamic viscosity

59. ISO 3170, Petroleum liquids — Manual sampling

60. ISO 3171, Petroleum liquids — Automatic pipeline sampling

61. ISO 3405, Petroleum products — Determination of oscillation characteristics at atmospheric pressure

62. ISO 3675, Crude petroleum and liquid petroleum products — Laboratory determination of density — Hydrometer method

63. ISO 3733, Petroleum products and bituminous materials — Determination of water — Distillation method

64. ISO 3735, Crude petroleum and fuel oils — Determination of sediment — Extraction method

65. ISO 4259, Petroleum products — Determination and application of precision data in relation to methods of test

66. ISO 4264, Petroleum products — Calculation of Cetane index of middle-distillate fuels by the four-variable equation

67. ISO 5165, Petroleum products — Determination of the ignition quality of diesel fuels — Cetane engine method

68. ISO 6245, Petroleum products — Determination of ash

69. ISO 6296, Petroleum products — Determination of water — Potentiometric Karl fischer titration method

70. ISO 6619, Petroleum products and lubricants — Neutralization number — Potentiometric titration method

71. ISO 7537, Petroleum products — Determination of acid number — Semi-micro colour-indicator titration method

72. ISO 8754, Petroleum products — Determination of sulfur content — Energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

73. ISO 10370, Petroleum products — Determination of carbon residue (micro method)

74. ISO 12156-1, Diesel fuel — Assessment of lubricity using the high-frequency reciprocating rig (HFRR) — Part 1: Test method

75. ISO 12185, Crude petroleum and petroleum products- Determination of density — Oscillating U-tube method

76. ISO 12205, Petroleum products — Determination of oxidation stability of middle-distillate fuels

77. ISO 12937, Petroleum products — Determination of water — Coulometric Karl Fisher titration method

78. ISO 14596, Petroleum products — Determination of sulfur content — Wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

79. ISO 20846, Petroleum products — Determination of sulfur content of automotive fuels — Ultraviolet fluorescence method

80. ISO 20847, Petroleum products — Determination of sulfur content of automotive fuels — Energy-dispersive X–ray fluorescence spectrometry

81. ISO 20884, Petroleum products — Determination of sulfur content of automotive fuels — Wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

82. KS 2953: 2023 Petroleum and petroleum products — Automotive B5 biodiesel fuel — Specification

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined and notified

Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined

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Provision of comments

Final date for comments: 26 May 2026

[X] 60 days from notification

Contact details of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification:

Tanzania Bureau of Standards

Contact person(s):

Ms. Bahati Samillani

Mr. Salim Mohamed Salum

Dr. Ashura Abdul Katunzi

Director General

Tanzania Bureau of Standards

P.O. Box 9524

Dar es Salaam

Tel: +255 653 267 554, +255 715 867 800

Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959

Email: dg@tbs.go.tz , nep@tbs.go.tz, bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz, salim.mohamed@tbs.go.tz

Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz