. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/10 
9 December 2004 
 (04-5430) 
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):   Central American Tariff 
System (SAC) subheading 2714.90.00 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Technical Regulation 
RTCA 75.01.22:04:  Petroleum Products.  Asphalts.  Specifications  (13 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Technical Regulation es tablishes the minimum quality 
specifications and test methods for asphalts , asphalt cements and asphalt emulsions used in 
pavement, in particular road surf ace, construction and treatment. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
  Prevention of practices likely to mislead or deceive the consumer. 
8. Relevant documents:    
American Society for Testing and Materials Standard ASTM D 946-82 (Reapproved 1999): 
"Standard Specification for Penetration-Graded Asphalt Cement for Use in Pavement Construction"; 
ASTM D 977-98: "Standard Specification for Emulsified Asphalt"; 
ASTM D 2026-97: "Standard Specification for Cutback Asphalt (Slow-Curing Type)"; 
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 8. Relevant documents:   (cont'd) 
ASTM D 2027-97: "Standard Specification for Cutback Asphalt (Medium-Curing Type)" 
ASTM D 2028-97: "Standard Specification for Cutback Asphalt (Rapid-Curing Type)"; 
ASTM  2397-02: "Standard Specificatio n for Cationic Emulsified Asphalt"; 
ASTM D 3381-92 (Reapproved 1999): "Standard Specification for Viscosity-Graded 
Asphalt Cement for Use in Pavement Construction"; 
ASTM D 6373-99: "Standard Specification for Performance-Graded Asphalt Binder".  
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 th e date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site addres ses, if available, of other body:    
 Dirección General de Reproducción y Consumo 
 Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle  Edificio San José, 3er piso, Tegucigalpa  Tel./Fax: + (504) 235-5006 
 E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn 
 Web site: www.sic.gob.hn