. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/18 
1 July 2005 
 (05-2873) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Industry and Trade (SIC) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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:  
 
Directorate-General of Economic  Integration and Trade Policy 
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle 
Edificio San José 4to piso 
Tegucigalpa 
 Tel./Fax:  (+504) 235 5057 E-mail:  pcomercial@sic.gob.hn Web site: www.sic.gob.hn
 
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  HS: 8481; 
ICS:  23.060.01 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  HN-RTCA 
23.01.28:05:  Recipientes a Presión.  Cilindr os Portátiles para Contener GLP.  Válvula 
para Acoplamiento Rápido.  Especificaciones (Honduran Standard - Central American 
Technical Regulation No.23.01.28:05:  Pressure Ve ssels.  Portable Liquefied Petroleum Gas 
Cylinders.  Quick Coupling Valve.  Specifications) (17 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   This Regulation lays down the minimum specifications and test 
methods for the quick coupling valve used for the filling of and release of gas from portable 
liquefied petroleum gas containers circulating in member countries of the Central American Customs Union. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
  Protection of health and human life; environmental protection. G/TBT/N/HND/18 
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8. Relevant documents:  Mexican Official Standard NOM-016-SEDG-2003:  Válvula 
Utilizada en Recipientes Portátiles para Contener Gas Licuado de Petróleo – 
Especificaciones y Métodos de Prueba.  (Valve Used in Portable Liquefied Petroleum Gas 
Containers – Specifications and Test Methods). 
 Colombian Technical Standard NTC 1091.1997-10-22: Válvulas para Recipientes 
Portátiles para Gases Licuados del Petróleo hasta 109 Litros de  Capacidad de Agua . 
(Valves for Portable Liquefied Petroleum Gas Containers of a Water Capacity of not more than 109 Litres). 
 American Society for Testing of Materials (ASTM) Standard ASTM A-313: 
Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Spring Wire . 
 Internacional Electrotechnical Comisión (IEC) Standard IEC 410-1973:  Sampling 
Plans and Procedures for Inspection by Attributes . 
 Internacional Organization for Standard ization (ISO) Standard ISO 2859-0-1995: 
Sampling Procedures for Inspection by Attri butes – Part 0: Introduction to the ISO 2859 
Attribute Sampling System . 
 ISO 2859-1-1989: Sampling Procedures for Inspection by Attributes – Part 1: 
Sampling Schemes Indexed by Aceptable Qua lity Level (AQL) for Lot-by-Lot Inspection . 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Eight days after publication in the Diario 
Oficial  (Official Journal)  
To be determined 
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, e-mail and web-site addresses,  if available, of the other body: 
Dirección  General de Reproducción y Consumo  
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle 
Edificio San José, 3er piso 
Tegucigalpa 
Tel./Fax: (+504) 235 5006 
E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn 
Web site:  www.sic.gob.hn