. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SLV/56 
9 December 2004 
 (04-5444) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member 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 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:    
Ministry of the Economy 
Directorate of Trade Treaty Administration 
Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe Plan Maestro, San 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Petroleum products.  
Illuminating kerosene (International Classificati on for Standards (ICS) code 75.160.20 and 
HS tariff heading 2710) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Central American 
Technical Regulation (RTCA) / Salvadoran Ma ndatory Standard (NSO) No. 75.01.14:04:  
Petroleum Products.  Illuminating Kerosene.  Specifications  (8 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Technical Regulation applies to illuminating kerosene, the 
petroleum middle distillate fraction intermediate  in volatility between naphtha (raw material 
of petrol) and diesel oil, with the characteris tics of paraffin and an American Society for 
Testing and Materials (ASTM) distillation (bo iling) range of between 200°C and 300°C. 
 This Regulation establishes the physico- chemical characteristics of illuminating 
kerosene, a fuel used on a small scale in the domestic sector, mainly for cooking and 
lighting, in the absence of electric power. Othe r even smaller-scale applications of this 
product are as a solvent, pesticide agent and tractor fuel. Illuminating kerosene must not be used as a direct source of energy for food or beverage production. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Prevention of practices likely to mislead or deceive the consumer. G/TBT/N/SLV/56 
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 8. Relevant documents:    
 
 American Society for Testing and Materials Standard ASTM D 3699-98: Standard 
Specification for Kerosine . 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  60 days as from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Six months as from the date of adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of notification. 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ], 
Ministerio de Economía 
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales 
Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe Plan Maestro, San Salv ador, El Salvador 
Tel.: + (503) 231-5788 Fax: + (503) 231-5789 E-mail: ezelada@minec.gob.sv 
or address, telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if 
available, of other body: 
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) 
Colonia Médica, Avenida Dr. Emilio Alvarez Pasaje Dr. Guillermo Rodríguez Pacas, #51 
San Salvador, El Salvador 
Tel.: + (503) 226-2800 Fax: + (503) 225-6255 Web site: www.infoq.org.sv