G/TBT/N/BOL/21  
7 March  2023 
(23-1617) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Hidrocarburos y Energías (Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Energy)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the n otification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Ministerio de Desarrollo Productivo y Economía Plural , MDPyEP (Ministry of Productive 
Development and the Plural Economy)  
Av. Mariscal Santa Cruz, Edif . Centro de Comunicaciones, piso 17  
La Paz, Bolivia  
Tel.: +591 (2) 2184343  
Fax: +591 (2) 2124239  
Mobile : +591 701 900 13  
Email: reglamentos.otc@produccion.gob.bo  
Email: andres.ledezma@pro duccion.gob.bo  
Website: www.produccion.gob.bo  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 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) : 
Automotive lubricants for petrol engines (2710.19.38.10) ; Automotive lubricants for 
diesel engines (2710.19.38.20) ; Lubricants for automatic t ransmission for use in motor 
vehicles (2710.19.36.10) ; Lubricants for gears and mechanical transmissions for use in 
motor vehicles (2710.19.36.10) ; Lubricants for industrial and other uses 
(2710.19.38.90) ; Lubricating greases (2710.19.34.00).  
5. Title, nu mber of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Reglamento de 
Calidad de Lubricantes Terminados (Regulation on the quality of prepared lubricants) (23 
pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Regulation is applicable to those nat ural or legal 
persons, whether public or private, that produce, transport, store, import or market 
prepared lubricants throughout the national territory.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The purpose of the notified Regulation is to establish the quality 
specifications of prepared lubricants when they are produced, transported, stored, 
imported and marketed as prepared lubricants in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, as well 
as to prevent practices likel y to mislead consumers owing to the marketing of these G/TBT/N/BOL/21  
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  products without the corresponding quality specifications . For the purposes of this 
Regulation, the following products are considered prepared lubricants:  
• Automotive lubricants for petrol engines;  
• Automotive lubricants for diesel engines;  
• Lubricants for automatic transmission for use in motor vehicles;  
• Lubricants for gears and mechanical transmissions for use in motor vehicles;  
• Lubricants for industrial and other uses;  
• Lubricating greases.  
Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:  
a) Constitución Política del Estado , de 7 de febrero 2009 ; 
b) Ley Nº 3058 , de 17 de mayo de 2005, de Hidrocarburos ; 
c) Decreto Supremo N° 28419, de 21 de octubre de 2005, que establece requisitos 
técnicos y legales para la importación de productos refinados regulados y no regulado s, 
y el procedimiento para obtener la autorización de importación ; 
d) ASTM D445 . Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque 
Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity);  
e) ASTM D7042 . Standard Test Method for Dynamic Viscosity and Density of Liquids by 
Stabinger Viscometer (and the Calculation of Kinematic Viscosity);  
f) ASTM D2270 . Standard Practice for Calculating Viscosity Index from Kinematic Viscosity 
at 40 °C and 100  °C; 
g) ASTM D92 . Standard Test Method for Flash and Fire Points by Cleveland Open Cup 
Tester;  
h) ASTM D1500 . Standard Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color 
Scale);  
i) ASTM D130 . Standard Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from Petroleu m 
Products by Copper Strip Test;  
j) ASTM D217 . Standard Test Methods for Cone Penetration of Lubricating Grease;  
k) ASTM D556 . Specification for Materials for Soil -Aggregate Sub -base, Base and Surface 
Courses;  
l) ASTM D2265 . Standard Test Method for Droppi ng Point of Lubricating Grease Over Wide 
Temperature Range;  
m) NLGI STANDARD . Classification of lubricating greases by consistency;  
n) API STANDARD . Classification of quality categories for lubricants for automotive use.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 8 May 2023 
Proposed date of entry into force : 2 November 2 023; 180 days after the promulgation 
of the legal instrument  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/BOL/21  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Viceministerio de Políticas de Industrialización (VPI)  
Av. Mariscal Santa Cruz, Edif . Centro de Comunicaciones, piso 17  
La Paz, Bolivia  
Tel.: +591 (2) 2184343  
Fax: +591 (2) 2124239  
Mobile: +591 701 900 13  
Email: reglamentos.otc@produccion.gob.bo  
Email: andres.ledezma@produccion.gob.bo  
Website: www.produccion.gob.bo  
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