. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/17 
1 July 2005 
 (05-2874) 
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:  REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible:   Secretaría de Industria y Comercio  (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:    
Dirección General de Integraci ón Económica y Politica Comercial  (Directorate-General of 
Economic Integration and Trade Policy)  Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle Edificio San José, 4th floor, Tegucigalpa 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 heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   HS tariff heading 8481; 
International Classification for St andards (ICS) code 23.060.40 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   HN-RTCA 
23.01.27:05:  Recipientes a Presión.  Cilindros  Portátiles para Contener GLP.  Válvula de 
Acoplamiento Roscado (Tipo POL).  Especificaciones   (Honduran Standard / Central 
American Technical Regulation No. 23.01.27:05:  Pressure vessels.  Portable liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders.  Threaded (P OL-type) connection valves.  Specifications)  
(20 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   This Technical Regulation establishes the minimum specifications 
and test methods for threaded (POL-type) c onnection valves used for the filling of and 
release of gas from portable liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) containers circulating in countries of the Central American region. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Protection of human life and health and environmental protection. G/TBT/N/HND/17 
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 8. Relevant documents:   
Mexican Official Standard NOM-016-SEDG-2003:  Válvula Utilizada en Recipientes 
Portátiles para Contener Gas Licuado de Petr óleo - Especificaciones y Métodos de Prueba  
(Valves used in portable liquefied petroleum g as (LPG) containers - Specifications and test 
methods); 
Colombian Technical Standard NTC 1091.1997-10-22:  Válvulas para Recipientes 
Portátiles para Gases Licuados del Petróleo  hasta 109 Litros de Capacidad de Agua  
(Valves for portable liquefied petroleum gas (L PG) containers with a water capacity of up 
to 109 litres); 
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard ASTM A-313:  Standard 
Specification for Stainless Steel Spring Wire ; 
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:  8 days after 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:    
Dirección General de Reproducción y Consumo 
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle  Edificio San José, 3er piso 
Tegucigalpa 
Fax:  (+504) 235-5006 E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn Web site: www.sic.gob.hn