Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: B32: Marking requirements
Date when the measure came into force: 25 October 2013
Publication where the measure is specified: Uganda Gazette Vol. CV No. 54 of 25th October 2013
Regulation where the measure is specified: US 1042:2013, Alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometer; and thermometers for use in alcoholometry— Specification
Country/Region applying the measure: Uganda
Description of the measure: This Uganda Standards specifies the requirements and marking for alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers used for the determination of the alcoholic strength of mixtures of water and ethanol, and to thermometers for use in alcoholometry. It sets out technical and metrological specifications for these instruments, in accordance with International Alcoholometric Tables. This standard covers glass hydrometers indicating percentage alcoholic strength by mass, referred to as mass alcoholometers, glass hydrometers indicating percentage alcoholic strength by volume, referred to as volume alcoholometers, and glass hydrometers indicating density in kilogram per cubic metre, referred to as alcohol hydrometers.
Reference of the measure: US 1042:2013
Measure also domestic: Yes

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