G/TBT/N/BOL/10  
25 May  2018 
(18-3147) 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 : PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA  
If applicable, name of local government  involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible : Viceministerio de Producción Industrial a Mediana y Gran Escala  - 
VPIMGE (Vice -Ministry of Medium and Large -Scale Industrial Production), Ministerio de 
Desarrollo Productivo y Economía Plural  - MDPyEP (Ministry of Production Development and 
the Plural Economy)  
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 in dicated if different from above:  
Name : Viceministerio de Producción Industrial a Mediana y Gran Escala  (Vice-Ministry of 
Medium - and Large -Scale Industrial Production)  
Address : Av. Mariscal Santa Cruz, Edificio Centro de Comunicaciones La Paz, Piso 17  
Tel.: (+591) 2 -2184342 ; (+591) 2 -2184343  
Fax: 2356742  
Email: reglamentos.técnicos@producción.gob.bo  
Website: http://produccion.gob.bo/  
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) : Andean 
Community Nomenclature (NANDINA) code . Product description - Portland Cement : 
2523.29.00 - Other : Only applies to cement types I, IP, IF, IS and IM . Other hydraulic 
cements : Only applies to pozzolanic cements  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
reglamento técnico "Cemento portland y cemento puzolánico"  (Draft technical regulations 
concerning Portland cement and pozzolanic cement), 17 pages, in Spanish  
6. Description of content : The provisions of the notified technical regulations ap ply to 
Portland cement and pozzolanic cement marketed in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, 
whether produced domestically or imported.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : To prevent misleading practices a nd protect consumers ; to protect human 
health and safety ; to establish the technical requirements for Portland cement and 
pozzolanic cement with a view to preventing risks to human safety and avoiding practices 
likely to mislead consumers.  
8. Relevant doc uments:  
Bolivian Standard . Cemento - Definiciones, clasificación y especificaciones, NB 011:2012.  
Bolivian Standard . Cemento - Método para determinar el tiempo de fraguado, NB 063.  G/TBT/N/BOL/10  
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  Bolivian Standard . Cemento - Método para determinar la resistencia a la compresión ; NB 
470. 
Bolivian Standard . Cemento - Ensayo en autoclave para determinar la estabilidad de 
volumen, NB 471.  
Bolivian Standard . Cemento - Método para determinar la superficie específica por el 
permeabi límetro (Blaine), NB 472.  
Bolivian Standard . Cemento - Ensayo de Puzolanicidad, NB 642.  
Bolivian Standard . Cemento - Ensayo para determinar la estabilidad de volumen por el 
método de Le Chatelier, NB 642.  
Bolivian Standard . Cemento - Requisitos de comercia lización, NB 096.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 15 August 2 018 
Proposed date of entry into force : 12 March 2 019 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of 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:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/BOL/18_2481_00_s.pdf