G/TBT/N/PAN/103  
26 November  2019 
(19-8081) 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 : PANAMA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias  (Ministry of Trade and 
Industry), Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial (Directorate -General for 
Standards and Industrial Technology)  
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 e Industrias  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial  
Vía Ricardo J. A lfaro, Edificio Plaza Edison, 3er Piso  
Panamá, Panamá  
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0716 / (+507) 560 -0600, Ext. 5966  
Email: dgnti@mici.gob.pa /sjohnson@energia.gob.pa  
Website: www.mici.gob.pa  
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) : 75.160.20  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Reglamento 
Técnico Centroamericano R TCA 75 .01.20:19 Productos de Petróleo . Gasolina Superior . 
Especificaciones  (Central American Technical Regulatio n (RTCA) No. 75.01.20:19 : 
Petroleum products . Premium petrol . Specifications) (13 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation applies to the petroleum 
derivative known as premium petrol, which is formed from a complex m ixture of different 
types of hydrocarbons (paraffinic, naphthenic, olefinic and aromatic) and has a distillation 
(boiling) range of between 30° and 225°C, in the current version of RTCA No. 
75.01.20:19.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : To establish the physico -chemical requirements to be met by premium petrol 
for use in motor vehicles in the States Parties, in accordance with the current version of 
RTCA No. 75.01.20:19.  
8. Relevant documents:  
ASTM D4814 -19 (Class B) : Standard Specification for Automotive Spark -Ignition Engine 
Fuel (specifically fuels with a Class B vapour pressure and distillation designation).  G/TBT/N/PAN/103  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : Upon publication on the Ministry of Trade and Industry 
website.  
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 av ailable, 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, Panamá  
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0716 / (+507) 560 -0600, Ext. 5968/5967  
Email: dgnti@mici.gob.pa /sjohnson@energia.gob.pa  
Website: www.mici.gob.pa  
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