G/TBT/N/PAN/123  
27 October  2022 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : PANAMA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de la Presidencia  (Ministry of the President's Office)  
Secretaria Nacional de Energía  (National Energy Secretariat)  
Address : Calle 50 y 74, Edificio 909, piso 11  
Panamá, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 527 -9976 / 527 -9955 
Website: https://www.energia.gob.pa/  
Email : infoenergía@energía.gob.pa  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handl e comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias  (Ministry of Trade and Industry)  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial (Directorate -General for Standards 
and Industrial Tec hnology)  
Vía Ricardo J. A lfaro, Edificio Plaza Edison, 3 Piso  
Panamá, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0716/560 -0600, Ext. 5964  
Email: dgnti@mici.gob.pa  
Website: https://www.mici.gob.pa/normalizacion -tecnica/consulta -publica  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Petroleum 
products in general (ICS code : 75.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified docume nt: 
PROCEDIMIENTO DE LA EVALUACIÓN DE LA CONFORMIDAD PARA LA IMPORTACIÓN, 
PRODUCCIÓN Y COMERCIALIZACIÓN DEL CEMENTOS ASFÁLTICOS  (Conformity 
assessment procedure for the importation, production and marketing of asphalt 
cements) ; (11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : Objectives ; Legal basis ; Definitions ; Abbreviations ; Conformity 
assessment procedure ; Non-conformity procedure ; Control and surveillance procedure ; 
and Bibliography.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer protection  G/TBT/N/PAN/123  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- Directorate -General for Standards and Industrial Technology -Panamanian Commission 
for Industrial and Technical Standards (DGNTI -COPANIT) Technical Standard  520-2022, 
Cemento Asfáltico  para Infraestructuras Viales . 
- DGNTI COPANIT Technical Regulation 4 -321-1998, Metrología Peso Neto . 
- Law No. 35 of 1978 , reorganizing the Ministry of Public Works.  
- Ministerial Resolution No. 64 of 6 May 2 014, establishing the Materials Quality 
Directo rate within the Ministry of Public Works.  
- Articles 63 and 64 of the Government Order No. 36 of 1 7 September 2 003, which 
establish the mechanisms for approving the import and sale of petroleum products on the 
domestic market, national and international airports, and for electricity generation . Law 
No. 36 of the National Energy Secretariat.  
- Article 91 of Title II of Law No. 23 of 1 5 July 1 997, "Disposiciones sobre Normalización 
Técnica, Evaluación de la Conformidad, Acreditación, Certifica ción de Calidad, Metrología 
y Conversión al Sistema Internacional de Unidades ". 
- Law No. 45 of 3 1 October 2 007, establishing consumer protection and competition rules.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
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:  
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial  
Vía Ricardo J. A lfaro, Calle El Paical, Edificio Plaza Edison, 3er Piso  
Panamá, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0716/(+507) 560 -0600, Ext. 5968/5967  
Email: evcajar@mici.gob.pa ; azuniga@energia.gob.pa  
Website : www.mici.gob.pa