. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/11 
13 December 2004 
 (04-5486) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:   Spanish 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circulat ed in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member notifying:  REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Industry and Trade (SIC) 
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:    
Directorate-General of Economic  Integration and Trade Policy  
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle 
Edificio San José, 4th floor, Tegucigalpa 
Tel./Fax:  (504) 235-5057 
E-mail:  pcomercial@sic.gob.hn 
Web site:   www.sic.gob.hn 
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 headin g.  
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 43.060 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Technical Regulation 
RT-CIN 43.07.72:04:  Dual-Fuel (Liquefi ed Petroleum Gas/Petrol) and Single-Fuel 
(Liquefied Petroleum Gas Only) Systems fo r Motor Vehicles.  Specifications and 
Components. 
6. Description of content:   This Technical Regulation establishes the minimum requirements 
to be met by motor vehicle single-fuel (LPG) or dual-fuel (LPG/petrol) systems and 
components and the conformity assessment pr ocedure with respect to this Regulation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Safety 
8.  
 
  
 Relevant documents:    
- Reglamento Técnico Centroamericano. Productos de Petróleo . Gases Licuados de 
Petróleo: Propano Comercial, Butano Co mercial y sus Mezclas. Especificaciones  
(Central American Technical Regulation. Petroleum Products. Liquefied Petroleum 
Gases: Commercial Propane, Commerci al Butane and Mixtures Thereof.  
Specifications). G/TBT/N/HND/11 
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 8. Relevant documents:   (cont'd) 
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers Standard ASME B36.10M:2001: Standard 
for Welded and Seamless Wrought Steel Pipe ; 
- American Society for Testing and Materials Standard ASTM A 47:1999: Standard 
Specification for Ferritic Malleable Iron Castings ; 
- ASTM A 53/53M: 1999: Standard Specification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-
Dipped, Zinc-Coated, Welded and Seamless ; 
- ASTM A 106:1999: Standard Specification for Seamle ss Carbon Steel Pipe for High-
Temperature Service ; 
- ASTM A 536:1999: Standard Specification for Ductile Iron Castings ; 
- ASTM A 539:1999: Standard Specification for Electric-Resistance-Welded Coiled 
Steel Tubing for Gas and Fuel Oil Lines ;   
- ASTM B 43:1998: Standard Specification for Seamless Red Brass Pipe, Standard 
Sizes ; 
- ASTM B 62.2002: Standard Specification for Comp osition Bronze or  Ounce Metal 
Castings ; 
- ASTM B88: 1999: Standard Specification for Seamless Copper Water Tube ; 
- ASTM B 135:2000: Standard Specification for Seamless Brass Tube ; 
- ASTM B 280:1999: Standard Specification for Seamless Copper Tube for Air 
Conditioning and Refrigeration Field Service ; 
- International Organization for Standardization Standard ISO 1819:1999, Rubber, 
Vulcanized.  Determination of the Effect of Liquids ;  
- European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Standard PrEN 12805:2001, 
Automotive LPG Components.  Containers . 
9. Proposed date of adoption:    To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon publication in the Honduran Official Journal 
La Gaceta . 
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 addre sses, if available, of other body:    
 Dirección General de Reproducción y Consumo 
 Departamento de Normalización y Metrología  Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle  
 Edificio San José (antiguo FENADUANAH), 3er piso 
 Tegucigalpa 
 Tel./Fax: + (504) 235-5006 
 E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn 
 Web site: www.sic.gob.hn