. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/NIC/58 
27 June 2005 
 (05-2721) 
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:   NICARAGUA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Nicaraguan Energy Institute 
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: 7311, 7613;  
ICS:23.020.30 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NTON 14 011-05/ 
RTCA 23.01.29:05:  Recipientes a Presión . Cilindros Portátiles para Contener GLP.  
Especificaciones de Fabricación (Nicaraguan Mandatory Tec hnical Standard No. 14 011-
05/Central American Technical Regulation No. 23.01.29:05:  Pressure Vessels.  Portable 
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Cylinders.  Manufactur ing Specifications) (32 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Regulation lays down the design and manufacturing 
specifications and test methods for portable liquefied petroleum gas cylinders. 
 The regulation applies to portable cylinders with a capacity to hold between 4.5 kg 
(10 lb) and 45.4 kg (100 lb) of commercial propane, commercial butane or mixtures thereof, 
which are manufactured with a design pressure of 1,655 kPa (240 psi) and which are used 
for the storage and transport of liquefied  petroleum gas for domestic, industrial and 
commercial consumption. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Protection of health and human life; environmental protection. 
8. Relevant documents:  Code of Federal Regulations, 49 CFR 178, 2003:  "Transportation, 
Subchapter A – hazardous Materials and Oil Tr ansportation, Part 178:  Department of 
Transportation (DOT):  Specification for Packagings", US. 
 Compressed Gas Association (CGA) St andard CGA C3-1994:  "Standards for 
Welding on Thin-Walled, Steel Cylinders". 
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  International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standard IEC 410-1973:  
"Sampling Plans and Procedures for Inspection by Attributes". 
 International Organization for Standard ization (ISO) Standard ISO 2859-0-1995:  
"Sampling Procedures for Inspection by Attributes - 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 Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) for Lot-by-Lot 
Inspection". 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Upon 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: 
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio 
Centro de Información sobre Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio 
Tel.:  (+505) 2670161, ext. 1130 
Fax:  (+505) 2672019 E-mail:  jorge.torres@mific.gob.ni