. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SLV/94 
2 August 2006 
 (06-3734) 
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 - CONACYT (National 
Science and Technology Council) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Website 
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 Salv ador, El Salvador 
Tel.: (+503) 2231-5788  
Fax: (+503) 2231-5789  
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):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 75.160.20 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   NSO 
RTC 75.01.17:06:  Producto s de Petróleo.  Aceite Combustible Diesel No. 2-D 
(Automotriz). Especificaciones (Salvadoran Mandatory Standa rd (NSO)/Central American 
Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 75.01.17:06 :  Petroleum products.  Diesel fuel oil 
No. 2-D (Motor vehicles).  Specifications) (10 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified text specifies the physical and chemical 
characteristics of diesel for automotive and thermoelectric use. 
 
 It applies to the petroleum derivative known as diesel, which is formed from a complex mixture of different types of hydrocarbons (paraffinic, naphthenic, olefinic, aromatic and polyaromatic) and has a dis tillation (boiling) range of between 80°C and 
400°C.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Prevention of practices likely to deceive the consumer and environmental 
protection. G/TBT/N/SLV/94 
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  8. Relevant documents:  American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard 
D975-2 (Grade No. 2-D) 
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 [  ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Website addresses, if available, of other body:    
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) 2231-5788 Fax: (+503) 2231-5789 E-mail: ezelada@minec.gob.sv 
or address, telephone and fax numbers and E- mail and Website 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 Tel.: (+503) 226-2800 Fax:  (+503) 225-6255 
Contact person: Rogelio Guerrero (Tel.: 2235-4191)  
E-mail:  guerrero@conacyt.gob.sv Web site ::  www.infoq.gob.sv