. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/14 
1 July 2005 
 
 (05-2860) 
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 
Telefax:  (+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 8704; 
International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 13.300 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   HN-RTCA 
13.01.25:05:  Transporte Terrestre de Hidrocarburos Líquidos (Excepto GLP). 
Especificaciones  (Honduran Standard/Central Am erican Technical Regulation 
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 Regulation lays down the minimum design and 
construction requirements for liquid hydrocarbon (other than LPG) land transport vehicles 
circulating in Central American countries. 
 The Regulation 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. G/TBT/N/HND/14 
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 8. Relevant documents:  
 Code of Federal Regul ations, 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 Aluminium and Aluminium-Alloy Sheet and Plate ; 
 Mexican Official Standard NOM-020-SCT2/1995 :  Requerimientos generales para 
el diseño y construcción de autotanques des tinados 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 desi gn 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: 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 Telefax: (+504) 235-5006 E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn 
Web site: www.sic.gob.hn