G/TBT/N/PER/127  
21 December  2020 
(20-9213) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : PERU 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Instituto Nacional de Calidad  (National Quality Institute)  
Calle Las Camelias 817, Lima 27, Peru  
Tel.: (+51-1) 640 -8820, Ext. 1501  
Email: jarce@inacal.gob.pe  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo , MINCETUR (Ministry of Foreign Trade and 
Tourism)  
Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50 - Urb. Corpac - Lima 27 - Peru 
Tel.: (+51-1) 513 -6100, Ext. 1223 and 1239  
Email: otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
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) : Special 
purpose motor vehicles (for example, concrete -mixer lorries, fire fighting vehicles, mobile 
drilling derricks and crane lorries) (HS 8705.90) ; Metrology and measurement in general 
(ICS 17 .020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto  de 
Norma Metrológica Peruana P NMP 023 :2020 "VEHÍCULOS Y VAGONES TANQUE . 
Requisitos y método de ensayo" - 2da edición.  (Draft Peruvian Metrology Standard (PNMP) 
No. 023:2020 : Road and rail tankers . Requirements and test methods - second edition) 
(39 pages,  in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Peruvian Metrological Standard specifies the 
metrological and technical requirements applicable to road and rail tankers subject to 
legal metrological controls . It establishes standard requirements and test procedures to 
assess the metrological and technical characteristics of such instruments in a uniform and 
traceable manner.  
It applies to road and rail tankers used to transport petroleum -based liquid products 
subject to atmospheric pressure, provided that these are used in commercial transactions . 
In addition to their use as carriers, such road and rail tankers serve as measuring tanks, 
in which each compartment has a single volume measure corresponding to its nominal 
capacity . Illustrative diagrams are provided in Annex A of the draft Peruvian Metrology 
Standard.  G/TBT/N/PER/127  
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  It does not apply to road and rail tankers transporting liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), 
water, waste, milk, vegetable oil for human consumption, liquids heated to a temperature 
exceeding 40°C, pressurized products, liquids of a viscosity exceeding 20 mPa -s, and 
products other than those listed in paragraph 1.2 of the draft Peruvian Metrology 
Standard.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problem s where 
applicable : The notified text sets forth and provides the rationale for the preparation of 
draft Peruvian Metrology Standard (PNMP) No. 023:2020 : Road and rail tankers . 
Requirements and test methods - second edition . The draft standard was prepared  by 
means of the ordinary system for the preparation of Peruvian Metrology Standards, taking 
as precedents the International Recommendation OIML R 80 -1:2009 : "Road and rail 
tankers with level gauging . Part 1 : Metrological and technical requirements" and 
"Regulamento Técnico Metrológico a que se refere la Portaria INMETRO N° 208 de 06 de 
mayo de 2016 " ("Metrological Technical Regulation referred to in Regulation No. 208 of 6 
May 2 016 of the Brazilian National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology 
(INMETRO)") ; Others 
8. Relevant documents:  
• International Recommendation OIML R 80 -1:2009 : "Road and rail tankers with 
level gauging . Part 1: metrological and technical requirements", and  
• "Regulamento Técnico Metrológico a que se refere la Portaria INMETRO N° 208 
de 06 de mayo de 2016 " 
9. Proposed date of adoption : One year after publication in the Official Journal El Peruano  
Proposed date of entry into force : One year after publication in the Official Journal El 
Peruano  
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 Exterior y Turismo , MINCETUR (Ministry of F oreign Trade and 
Tourism)  
Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50 - Urb. Corpac - Lima 27 - Peru 
Tel.: (+51-1) 513 -6100, Ext. 1223 and 1239  
Email: otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
Website: www.mincetur.gob.pe  
 
Instituto Nacional de Calidad  (National Quality Institute)  
Calle Las Camelias 817, Lima 27, Peru  
Tel.: (+51-1) 640 -8820, Ext. 1501  
Email: jarce@inacal.gob.pe  
 
https://www.inacal.gob.pe/metrologia/categoria/normasmetrologicas  
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http://extranet.comunidadandina.org/sirt/pub lic/buscapalavra.aspx  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/PER/20_7827_00_s.pdf