. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SLV/57 
9 December 2004 
 (04-5435) 
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:  EL SALVADOR  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible:   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:    
Ministry of the Economy 
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 headin g.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Lubricating Oils for 
Petrol or Diesel Engines (International Cla ssification for Standards (ICS) code 75.160.20 
and HS tariff heading 2710) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCA Technical 
Regulation / Salvadorian Mandatory Standard (NSO) No. 75.01.15:04:  Lubricating Oils for Petrol or Diesel Engines.  Specif ications (14 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Technical Regulation es tablishes the minimum quality 
specifications to be met by and commercial in formation to be provided for all lubricating 
oils for petrol or diesel motor vehicle engines marketed in bulk or in individual containers in 
member countries of the Central American  Customs Union (UAC), together with 
verification methods for determining the accuracy of such information. 
  With the exception of oils that fall under American Petrol eum Institute (API) 
classifications SA, SB, SC and SD (see Table 1) and CA, CB and CC (see Table 2), this 
Regulation applies to all lubricating oils for pe trol or diesel engines, since classifications 
subsequent to the above are in line with en gine manufacturers' recommendations and are 
used for most of the vehicle stock in UAC member countries.  
 Lubricating oils with the classificatio ns API SA, SB, SC, SD and API CA, CB and 
CC may be used for other purposes. G/TBT/N/SLV/57 
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 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 Petroleum Institute Standard API 1509 - 1995: Engine Oil Licensing and 
Certification System ; 
Society of Automotive Engineers Standard SAE J183-1991: Engine Oil Performance and 
Engine Service Classification (O ther than "Energy Conserving") ; 
SAE J300-1992:  Ground Vehicle Standard; International Electrotechnical Commission Standard IEC 410-1973: Sampling Plans and 
Procedures for Inspection by Attributes ;  
International Organization for Standardization 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 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) for Lot-by-Lot Inspection ; 
ISO 3951-1989: Sampling Procedures and Charts for Inspection by Variables for Percent 
Nonconforming . 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  60 days as from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force:  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 Salvador, 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, #51 
San Salvador, El Salvador 
Tel.: + (503) 226-2800 
Fax: + (503) 225-6255 
Web site: www.infoq.org.sv