. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/GTM/29 
15 July 2005 
 (05-3169) 
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:  GUATEMALA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Economía ;  Comisión Guatemalteca de Normas - 
COGUANOR   (Ministry of the Economy; Guatemalan Standards Commission)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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:    
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 tariff heading 8704; 
International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 13.300 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   COGUANOR 
NGO/RTCA 13.01.25:05:  Transporte Terrestre de Hidrocarburos Líquidos (Excepto GLP).  
Especificaciones   (Guatemalan Standards Commissi on (COGUANOR) Mandatory Standard 
(NGO) / Central American Technical Regula tion (RTCA) No. 13.01.25:05: Land transport 
of liquid hydrocarbons (other than liquefied pe troleum gas). Specifications)  (30 pages, in 
Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  This Technical Regulation lays down the minimum design and 
construction requirements for liquid hydrocarbon (other than LPG) land transport vehicles 
circulating in Central American countries. 
 The Regulation applies to vehicles used for the land transport of liquid 
hydrocarbons; it does not cover LPG transport vehicles or the transport of liquid hydrocarbons by rail. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Human safety and environmental protection. 
8. Relevant documents:  
Code of Federal Regulations, 49 CFR 178, 2003: Transportation, Subchapter A - 
Hazardous Materials and Oil Transportation;  Part 178:  Specification for Packagings , 
US Department of Transportation (DOT); 
American Society for Testing and Materi als (ASTM) Standard ASTM B-209, 2003:  
Standard Specification for Aluminium and Aluminium-Alloy Sheet and Plate ; G/TBT/N/GTM/29 
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 8. Relevant documents (cont/d):  
Mexican Official Standard NOM-020-SCT2/1995:  Requerimientos generales para el diseño 
y construcción de autotanques destinados par a el transporte de materiales y residuos 
peligrosos, Especificaciones SCT 306, SCT 307 y SCT 312   (General requirements for the 
design and construction of road tankers used to transport hazardous materials and waste; 
Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT) Specifications SCT 306, 
SCT 307 and SCT 312); 
Procedimiento para la evaluación de la conformidad de NOM-020-SCT2/1995, 
Requerimientos generales para el diseño y c onstrucción de autotanqu es destinados para el 
transporte de materiales y residuos pelig rosos, Especificaciones SCT 306, SCT 307 y 
SCT 312   (Conformity assessment procedure for Mexican Official Standard NOM-020-
SCT2/1995, General requirements for the design and construction of road tankers used to transport hazardous materials and waste; Mexican Ministry of Communications and 
Transport (SCT) Specifications SCT 306, SCT 307 and SCT 312); 
Acuerdo Centroamericano sobre Circulación por Carreteras   (Central American agreement 
on highway traffic),  Central American Counc il of Ministers of Transport (COMITRAN) / 
Central American Economic Integration Secretariat (SIECA), December 2000; 
Transport of dangerous goods: Recommendati ons prepared by the United Nations 
Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNCETDG), New York, 
1984.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into force:    Eight days after publication in the Official 
Journal. 
To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of notification. 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site add resses, if available, of other body:    
Comisión Guatemalteca de Normas (COGUANOR)  
Calzada Atanasio Tzul 27-32  Zona 12, Guatemala Tel.: (+502) 2476-6784 to 87, ext. 211  Fax: (+502) 2476-6777   
E-mail: hherrera@mail.mineco.gob.gt