. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/GTM/34 
21 July 2005 
 (05-3288) 
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:  GUATEMALA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Economía ; Comisión Guatemalteca de Normas - 
COGUANOR    (Ministry of the Economy; Guatemalan Standards Commission)  
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   HS tariff headings 7311 
and 7613;  International Classificati on for Standards (ICS) code 23.020.30 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   COGUANOR 
NGO/RTCA 23.01.29:05:  Recipientes a Presión.  Cilindros Portátiles para Contener GLP.  
Especificaciones de Fabricación"   (Guatemalan Standards Commission (COGUANOR) 
Mandatory Standard (NGO) / Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 23.01.29:05: Pressure vessels.  Portable  liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders. 
Manufacturing specifications)  (32 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Standard lays down the design and manufacturing 
specifications and test methods for portable liquefied petroleum gas cylinders. 
 The Standard 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. 
 It does not apply to steel cylinders designed for storing liquefied petroleum gas used 
as motor vehicle fuel, disposable liquefied petroleum gas canisters or portable liquefied 
petroleum gas cylinders already in use, which are subject to other regulations. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
   Protection of human life and health and of the environment. G/TBT/N/GTM/34 
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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); 
Compressed Gas Association (CGA) Standard CGA C3-1994: Standards for Welding on 
Thin-Walled, Steel Cylinders;  
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standard IEC 410-1973:  Sampling Plans 
and Procedures for Inspection by Attributes;   
International Organization for Standardi zation (ISO) Standard ISO 2859-0:1995:  Sampling 
Procedures for Inspection by Attributes - Pa rt 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 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) for Lot-by-Lot Inspection.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Eight days after publication in the Official 
Journal. 
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:    
Comisión Guatemalteca de Normas (COGUANOR)  
Calzada Atanasio Tzul 27-32  
Zona 12, Guatemala 
Tel.: (+502) 2476-6784 to 87, ext. 211 Fax: (+502) 2476-6777   E-mail: hherrera@mail.mineco.gob.gt