. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SLV/69 
1 July 2005 
 (05-2875) 
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:   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, 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 [ X  ], 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):   Seals for liquefied 
petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders (HS tariff heading 3923) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NSO  RTCA 
23.01.23:05: Recipientes a Presión.  Cilindros Portátiles para Contener GLP.  Sello de 
Inviolabilidad (Marcham o).  Especificaciones   (Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO) / 
Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 23.01.23:05:  Pressure vessels.  
Portable liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders. Tamper-proof safety seals.  
Specifications)  (7 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Technical Standard establishes the minimum requirements 
for all tamper-proof safety seals on the valves of portable liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders circulating in Central American countries. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Consumer protection. G/TBT/N/SLV/69 
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 8. Relevant documents:   NCh 1856, OF 1985:  Sello de Inviolabilidad para Cilindros 
Portátiles Soldados para GLP - Requisitos Generales   (Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 1856, 
Of. 1985: Tamper-proof safety seals for welded  portable liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) 
cylinders - General requirements). 
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, e-ma il and web-site addresses, if available of 
the 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