Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements
Date when the measure came into force: 15 December 2015
Publication where the measure is specified: The Uganda Gazette 22 January 2016: General Notice No. 45 of 2016
Regulation where the measure is specified: US ISO 21809-5:2010, Petroleum and natural gas industries — External coatings for buried or submerged pipelines used in pipeline transportation systems — Part 5: External concrete coatings
Country/Region applying the measure: Uganda
Description of the measure: This Uganda Standard specifies the requirements for qualification, application, testing and handling of materials required for the application of reinforced concrete coating externally to either bare pipe or pre-coated pipe for use in pipeline transportation systems for the petroleum and natural gas industries as defined in US ISO 13623. The external application of concrete is primarily used for the negative buoyancy of pipes used in buried or submerged pipeline systems and/or for the mechanical protection of the pipe and its pre-coating. This part of US ISO 21809 is applicable to concrete thicknesses of 25 mm or greater.
Reference of the measure: US ISO 21809-5:2010
Measure also domestic: Yes

Description: pipeline transportation systems for Petroleum and natural gas industries

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