. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/21 
1 July 2005 
 (05-2858) 
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   HS: 2711;  ICS: 
75.160.30 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   HN-RTCA 
75.01.21:05:  Productos de Petróleo. Gases Licuados  de Petróleo: Propano Comercial, 
Butano Comercial y sus Mezclas. Especificaciones. (Honduran Standard-Central American 
Technical Regulation No. 75.01.21:05: Petrol eum Products.  Liquefied Petroleum Gases: 
Commercial Propane, Commercial Butane a nd Mixtures Thereof.  Specifications). 
(9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:   This technical regulation applies to liquefied petroleum gas 
marketed in Central American countries.  The regulation specifies the physico-chemical 
characteristics of two grades of liquefied petroleum gas: commercial propane and commercial butane, generally used as heating fuel in the domestic, commercial and industrial sectors, as motor vehicle fuel and as a raw material for the petrochemical industry.  Any mixture of these products can be used provided that the mixtures comply with the specifications set forth in this regulation.  G/TBT/N/HND/21 
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 7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Protection of health and human lif e; environmental protection.   
8. Relevant documents:  
- American Society for Testing of Materials (ASTM) Standard ASTM D 1835-03: 
Standard Specification for Liquefied Petroleum (LP) Gases . 
- Gas Processor Association (GPA) Standard 2140-97: Liquefied Petroleum Gas 
Specifications and   Test Methods . 
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 [    ] 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