. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/GTM/26 
15 July 2005 
 (05-3165) 
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, 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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   HS tariff heading 8704;  
International Classification for Sta ndards (ICS) code 13.300      
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   COGUANOR 
NGO/RTCA 13.01.26:05:  Transporte Terrestre de Gas Licuado de Petróleo a Granel 
(GLP).  Especificaciones  (Guatemalan Standards Commi ssion (COGUANOR) Mandatory 
Standard (NGO) / Central American Technical  Regulation (RTCA) No. 13.01.26:05:  Land 
Transport of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in Bulk. Specifications) (39 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Technical Regulation lays down the minimum design and 
construction requirements for liquefied petr oleum gas (LPG) land transport vehicles 
circulating in Central American countries. 
 This Regulation applies to vehicles that ar e used or intended to be used for the land 
transport of liquefied petroleum gas; it does not cover rail transport of liquefied petroleum 
gas or land transport of liquefied petrol eum gas packaged in portable cylinders. 
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 Trans portation;  Part 178:  Specification for 
Packagings , US Department of Transportation (DOT); G/TBT/N/GTM/26 
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 8. Relevant documents:   (cont'd) 
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code - Section VIII - Division 1, 1995, 
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code  - Section VIII:  Rules for Construction of Pressure 
Vessels  - Division 1; 
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code – Section IX, 2000:  
Qualification American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code - Section IX, 2000: 
Qualification Standard for Welding and Brazi ng Procedures, Welders, Brazers and Welding 
and Brazing Operators ; 
National Fire Protection Association, NFPA 58, 1998:  Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code ; 
Mexican Official Standard NOM-EM-010-SEDG-1999:  Valoración de las condiciones de 
seguridad de los vehículos que transportan, su ministran y distribuyen Gas L.P., y medidas 
mínimas de seguridad que se deben observar durante su operación  (Assessment of the 
safety conditions of vehicles transporting, s upplying and distributing liquefied petroleum 
gas, and the minimum safety requirements  to be met whilst they are in use); 
Mexican Official Standard NOM-057-SCT2/2003:  Requerimientos generales para el 
diseño y construcción de autotanques desti nados al transporte de gases comprimidos, 
especificación SCT 331  (General requirements for the design and construction of road 
tankers used to transport compressed gas;  Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT) Specification SCT 331); 
Acuerdo Centroamericano sobre Circulación por Carreteras  (Central American agreement 
on highway traffic), Central American Council of Ministers of Transport (COMITRAN) / 
Central American Economic Integration Secretariat (SIECA), December 2000; 
Transport of dangerous goods:  Recommendatio ns 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, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the 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