Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements
Date when the measure came into force: 21 April 2015
Publication where the measure is specified: UGANDA GAZETTE Vol. CVIII No. 20 of 21 April 2015
Regulation where the measure is specified: US ISO 9809-2:2010, Gas cylinders — Refillable seamless steel gas cylinders —Design, construction and testing — Part 2: Quenched and tempered steel cylinders with tensile strength greater than or equal to 1 100 MPa
Country/Region applying the measure: Uganda
Description of the measure: This Uganda Standard specifies minimum requirements for the material, design, construction and workmanship, manufacturing processes, examination and testing at manufacture of refillable quenched and tempered seamless steel gas cylinders of water capacities from 0.5 l up to and including 150 l for compressed, liquefied and dissolved gases. This part of US ISO 9809 is applicable to cylinders with a maximum tensile strength Rma ≥ 1 100 MPa. It is not applicable to cylinders with Rma, max >1 300 MPa for diameters >140 mm and guaranteed wall thicknesses a’ ≥ 12 mm and Rma, max >1 400 MPa for diameters ≤ 140 mm and guaranteed wall thicknesses a’ ≥ 6 mm, because beyond these limits, additional requirements can apply.
Reference of the measure: US ISO 9809-2:2010
Measure also domestic: Yes

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