. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SLV/76 
1 July 2005 
 (05-2854) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member notifying:  EL SALVADOR
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología  (National Science and 
Technology Council) - CONACYT 
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:   
Ministerio de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy) 
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales  (Directorate of Trade Treaty 
Administration) Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe 
Plan Maestro, San Salvador 
Tel.: (+503) 231-5788 Fax:  (+503) 231-5789 
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):   Land transport of liquid 
hydrocarbons (HS tariff heading 8704; Inte rnational Classification for Standards (ICS) 
code 13.300) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NSO  RTCA 
13.01.25:05:  Transporte Terrestre de Hidrocarburos Líquidos (Excepto GLP). 
Especificaciones   (Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO) / Central American Technical 
Regulation (RTCA) No. 13.01.25:05:  Land tran sport of liquid hydrocarbons (other than 
liquefied petroleum gas).  Specifications)  (30 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Technical Standard 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/SLV/76 
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 8. Relevant documents:   Code of Federal Regulations, 49 CFR 178, 2003:  Transportation, 
Subchapter A - Hazardous Materials and Oil Trans portation;  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 Aluminum-Alloy Sheet and Plate ; 
Mexican Official Standard NOM-020-SCT2/1995 : Requerimientos gen erales para el diseño 
y construcción de autotanques destinados par a 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 pelig rosos, especificaciones SCT 306, SCT 307 y 
SCT 312  (Conformity assessment procedure for Mexican Official Standard NOM-020-
SCT2/1995, 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); 
Acuerdo Centroamericano sobre Circulación por Carreteras  (Central American agreement 
on highway traffic), Central American Council of Ministers of Transport (COMITRAN) / 
Central American Economic Integration Secretariat (SIECA), December 2000); 
Transport of dangerous goods: Recommendati ons prepared by the United Nations 
Committee of Experts on the Transpo rt of Dangerous Goods (UNCETDG), New York, 1984. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Upon publication in the Official Journal 
Six months as from the date of adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ],  
Ministerio de Economía 
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe Plan Maestro, San Salv ador, El Salvador 
Tel.: (+503) 231-5788 
Fax: (+503) 231-5789 E-mail: ezelada@minec.gob.sv 
or address, telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, 
if available, of other body: 
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) 
Colonia Médica, Avenida Dr. Emilio Alvarez Pasaje Dr. Guillermo Rodríguez Pacas, No. 51 San Salvador, El Salvador Tel.: (+503) 226-2800 Fax: (+503) 225-6255 
Web site: www.conacyt.gob.sv