. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/19 
1 July 2005 
 (05-2856) 
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:   Ministry of Industry and Trade (SIC) 
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: 
Directorate-General of Economic  Integration and Trade Policy 
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle Edificio San José 4to piso 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 heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   HS 7311 and 7613;  
ICS:  23.020.30 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   HN-RTCA 
23.01.29:05:  Recipientes a Presión .  Cilindros Portátiles para Contener GLP.  
Especificaciones de Fabricación (Honduran Standard - Central American Technical 
Regulation No. 23.01.29:05:  Pressure Vessels.  Portable Liquefied Petroleum Gas 
Cylinders.  Manufacturing Specifications) (32 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Regulation lays down the design and manufacturing 
specifications and test methods for portable liquefied petroleum gas cylinders. 
 The regulation applies to portable cylinders with a capacity to hold between 4.5 kg 
(10 lb) and 45.4 kg (100 lb) of commercial propane, commercial butane or mixtures thereof, 
which are manufactured with a design pressure of 1,655 kPa (240 psi) and which are used for the storage and transport of liquefied  petroleum gas for domestic, industrial and 
commercial consumption. 
 It does not apply to steel cylinders designed for storing liquefied petroleum gas used 
as motor vehicle fuel, disposable liquefied petroleum gas canisters or portable liquefied petroleum gas cylinders already in use, which are subject to other regulations. G/TBT/N/HND/19 
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 7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Protection of health and human life;  environmental protection. 
8. Relevant documents:   Code of Federation Regulations 49 CFR 178, 2003.  Transportation, 
Subchapter A – Hazardous Materials and Oil Transportation, Part 178:  Specification for 
Packagings , US Department of Transportation (DOT). 
 Compressed Gas Association (C GA) Standard.  CGA C3-1994:  Standards for 
Welding on Thin-Walled, Steel Cylinders . 
 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 Attri butes - Part 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 Acceptable Qua lity Level (AQL) for Lot-by-Lot Inspection . 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Eight days after publication in the Diario 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
To be determined. 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses,  if available, of the 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