. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/VEN/32 
10 November 2004 
 (04-4768) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circulat ed in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   Autonomous National Service for Standardization, Quality, 
Metrology and Technical Regulations (SENCA MER) of the Ministry of Production and 
Trade (MPC) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above: 
Autonomous National Service for Standardiza tion, Quality, Metrology and Technical 
Regulations (SENCAMER)  
Avenida Libertador, Centro Comercial Los Cedros, 7
th floor, Caracas 
P.O. Box 1050  Tel.: +(58 212) 703-2011 / 703-2072 Fax: +(58 212) 761-6474 
E-mail: npunto@cantv.net 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Tariff subheadings 
4011.10.00, 4011.20.00, 4011.40.00 and 4011.91.00: Pneumatic tyres for vehicles other 
than passenger cars and motorcycles 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Preliminary Draft 
Automotive Technical Regulation:  Pneumatic Tyres for Normal Road Use for Vehicles Other than Passenger Cars  (7 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Minimum requirements for pneumatic tyres manufactured in or 
imported into and marketed in  Venezuela for normal road use for vehicles other than 
passenger cars and motorcycles, in accordance with the classifications established in the 
manuals of the Tire and Rim Association (TRA), Japan Automobile Tire Manufacturers 
Association Inc. (JATMA), European Tyre  and Rim Technical Organization (ETRTO) 
and/or the Latin American Tyre and Rim Association (ALAPA). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Human life and safety. 
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 8. Relevant documents:   Preliminary Draft Automotive Technical Regulation:  Pneumatic 
Tyres for Normal Road Use for Vehicles Other than Passenger Cars. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }Upon publication in the Official Gazette of the 
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. 
10. Final date for comments:   8 May 2005 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses,  if available, of the other body:   
 Ministerio de la Producción y el Comercio 
 Vice-Ministerio de Industria 
 Servicio Autónomo Nacional de Normalización, Calidad, 
  Metrología y Reglamentos Técnicos (SENCAMER)  Avenida Libertador, Centro Comercial Los Cedros, piso 7, Caracas  
 Apartado Postal 1050 
 Tel.: + (58 212) 703-2011 / 703-2072 
 Fax: + (58 212) 761-6474 
 E-mail: npunto@cantv.net