. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/29 
24 June 2005 
 (05-2695) 
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 COSTA RICA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible: 
 
Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade (MEIC) 
Technical Regulation Body 
Tel.:     (+506) 235 2700, ext. 206/203 
Fax:    (+506) 297 1439  
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:    
Centro de Información de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio (TBT Enquiry Point)  
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio - MEIC Apartado Postal 10216-1000, San José Tel.:  (+506) 235 2700, ext. 206/203 Fax:  (+506) 297 1439 
E-mail:  crotc@meic.go.cr 
Web site: www.reglatec.go.cr 
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, 7613; 
ICS: 23.020.30 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   RTCA: 23.01.29:05:  
Recipientes a Presión . Cilindros Portátiles para Contener GLP.   Especificaciones de 
Fabricación. (Central American Technical Regulation No. 23.01.29:05:  Pressure Vessels.  
Portable Liquefied Petroleum Gas Cylinders.  Manufacturing Specifications) (32 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/CRI/29 
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 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. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 To protect health and human life; environmental protection. 
8. Relevant documents:   Code of Federal Regulations, 49 CFR 178, 2003.  "Transportation, 
Subchapter A – Hazardous Mate rials and Oil Transportation, Part 178: Specification for 
Packagings", US Department of Transportation (DOT). 
Compressed Gas Association (CGA) 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 Standardiza tion (ISO) Standard.  ISO 2859-0-1995:  
"Sampling Procedures for Inspection by Attributes - 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 Quality Le vel (AQL) for Lot-by-Lot Inspection". 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date of publication in the Official Journal, 
La Gaceta. 
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: 
 Centro de Información de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio  
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio – MEIC Apartado Postal 10216-1000, San José Tel.: (+506) 235 2700, ext. 206/203 Fax: (+506) 297 1439 
E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr 
Web site: www.reglatec.go.cr