. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/NIC/62 
27 June 2005 
 (05-2719) 
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:   Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio  (Ministry of 
Development, Industry and Trade) 
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 applicable, 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 language(s) of the notified document:   NTON 14 015-
05/RTCA 13.01.25:05:  Transporte Terrestre de  Hidrocarburos Líquidos (Excepto GLP).  -
Especificaciones  (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 14 015-05 / 
Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA)  No. 13.01.25:05:  Land transport of liquid 
hydrocarbons (other than liquefied petroleum gas).  Specifications (30 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Technical Standard lays down the minimum design and 
construction requirements for liquid hydrocarbon (other than LPG) land transport vehicles circulating in Central American countries. 
 The Standard 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 Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Sheet and Plate ;  G/TBT/N/NIC/62 
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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 desti nados 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 peligros os, 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 Amer ican Council of Ministers of Transport 
(COMITRAN) / Central American Economic  Integration 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:  Upon publication in the Official Journal.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  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: 
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio 
Centro de Información sobre Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio Tel.: (+505) 267-0161, ext. 1130  Fax: (+505) 267-2019 E-mail: jorge.torres@mific.gob.ni