. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/GTM/28 
15 July 2005 
 (05-3167) 
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:   GUATEMALA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Economía ;  Comisión Guatemalteca de Normas - 
COGUANOR  (Ministry of the Economy; Guatemalan Standards Commission)       
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:         
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 tariff heading 2711;  
International Classification for Standa rds (ICS) code 75.160.20      
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   COGUANOR 
NGO/RTCA 75.01.21:05:  Productos de Petról eo.  Gases Licuados de Petróleo:  Propano 
Comercial, Butano Comercial y sus Mezclas.  Especificaciones  (Guatemalan Standards 
Commission (COGUANOR) Mandatory Standard (NGO) / Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 75.01.21:05:  Petrol eum Products.  Liquefied Petroleum Gases: 
Commercial Propane, Commercial Butane and Mixt ures Thereof.  Specifications) (9 pages, 
in Spanish).      
6. Description of content:   This Technical Regulation applies to liquefied petroleum gas 
(LPG) marketed in Central American countries.  The Regulation specifies the 
physico-chemical characteristics of two grades of liquefied petroleum gas:  commercial propane and commercial butane, generally used  as heating fuel in the domestic, commercial 
and industrial sectors, as motor vehicle fuel and as a raw material for the petrochemical 
industry.  Any mixture of these products can be used provided that the mixtures comply 
with the specifications set forth in this Regulation.      
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Protection of human life and health and of the environment.      G/TBT/N/GTM/28 
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 8. Relevant documents: 
- American Society for Testing of Materials (ASTM) Standard ASTM D 1835-03: 
Standard Specification for Liquefied Petroleum (LP) Gases ; 
- Gas Processors Association (GPA) Standard 2140-97:  Liquefied Petroleum Gas 
Specifications and Test Methods .      
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into force:    Eight days after publication in the Official 
Journal. 
To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as 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:        
Comisión Guatemalteca de Normas (COGUANOR) 
Calzada Atanasio Tzul 27-32 Zona 12, Guatemala Tel.:  (+502) 2476-6784 to 87 
Fax:  (+502) 2476-6777 
E-mail:  hherrera@mail.mineco.gob.gt