WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SLV/70 
1 July 2005 
 (05-2848) 
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:   EL SALVADOR
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   National Science and Technology Council (CONACYT) 
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:  
Ministry of the Economy 
Directorate of Trade Treaty Administration (DATCO) Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe, Plan Maestro San Salvador El Salvador 
 
Tel.: (+503) 231 5788 Fax: (+503) 231 5789 
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): 
 Land transport of liquefied petroleum gas ( LPG) in bulk (HS:  87.04;  ICS: 13.300) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: 
 NSO  RTCA 13.01.26:05: Transporte Terrestre  de Gas Licuado de Petróleo a 
Granel (GLP). Especificaciones (Salvadoran Mandatory Standa rd (NSO)/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 Regulation lays down the minimum design and construction 
requirements for liquefied petroleum gas land tr ansport vehicles circulating in the territory 
of Central American countries. 
 It applies to vehicles that are used or in tended to be used for the land transport of 
liquefied petroleum gas.  It does not apply to the rail transport of liquefied petroleum gas or 
to the land transport of liquefied petroleum gas packaged in portable cylinders. G/TBT/N/SLV/70 
Page 2  
 
 7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 
 Human safety;  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 Mate rials (ASTM) Standard ASTM B-209, 2003: 
Standard Specification for Aluminum an d Aluminum-Alloy Sheet and Plate. 
 Mexican Official Standard NOM-020-SCT2/1995:  Requerimientos generales para 
el diseño y construcción de autotanques des tinados para 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 NOM-020-SCT2/1995:  General 
requirements for the design and construction of  road tankers used to transport hazardous 
materials and waste, Specifications  SCT 306, SCT 307 and SCT 312). 
 Acuerdo Centroamericano sobre Circulación por Carreteras  (Central American 
Agreement on Highway Traffic), Central Amer ican Council of Minister of Transport 
(COMITRAN) – Central American Economic In tegration Secretariat (SIECA), December 
2000. 
 Transport of Dangerous Goods.  Recommenda tions 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:   }Date of publication in the Diario Oficial  
(Official Journal). 
Six months from the date of adoption. 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the date of notification. 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ], 
Ministerio de Economía 
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales (DATCO) 
Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe, Plan Maestro San Salvador El Salvador  Tel.:  (+503) 231 5788 
Fax:  (+503) 231 5789 
E-mail:  ezelada@minec.gob.sv   G/TBT/N/SLV/70 
 Page 3 
 
 
 or address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available, of 
the other body: 
 
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) Colonia Médica 
Avenida Dr Emilio Álvarez 
Pasaje Dr Guillermo Rodríguez Pacas, No. 51 San Salvador El Salvador  
Tel.: (+503) 226 2800 
Fax: (+503) 225 6255  Web site:  www.conacyt.gob.sv