WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/33 
24 June 2005 
 
 (05-2696) 
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:  8704;  ICS:  13.300 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCA 13.01.26:05:  
Transporte Terrestre de Gas Licuado de Pe tróleo a Granel (GLP).  Especificaciones 
(Central American Technical Regulation No. 13.01.26:05:  Land Transport of Liquefied 
Petroleum Gas (LPG) in Bulk.  Specifications) (39 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/CRI/33 
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 6. Description of content:   This Regulation lays down the minimum design and construction 
requirements for liquefied petroleum gas land tr ansport vehicles circulating in the territory 
of Central American countries. 
 It applies to vehicles that are used or in tended to be used for the land transport of 
liquefied petroleum gas.  It does not apply to the rail transport of liquefied petroleum gas or 
to the land transport of liquefied petroleum gas packaged in portable cylinders. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Human safety;  environmental protection. 
8. Relevant documents:  Code of Federal Regulations 49 CFR 178, 2003:  Transportation, 
Subchapter A – Hazardous Materials and Oil Transportation, Part 178:  Specification for 
Packagings , US Department of Transportation (DOT). 
 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code – Section VIII – 
Division 1, 1995:  ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel C ode – Section VIII: Rules for 
Construction of Pressure Vessels - Division 1 . 
 ASME Code – Section IX, 2000, Qualification Standard for Welding and Brazing 
Procedures, Welders, Brazers and Welding and Brazing Operators . 
 National Fire Protection Association, NFPA 58, 1998:  Liquefied Petroleum Gas 
Code . 
 Mexican Official Standard NOM-EM-010-SEDG-1999:  Valoración de las 
condiciones de seguridad de los vehículos que  transportan, suministran y distribuyen Gas 
L.P., y medidas mínimas de seguridad que se deben observar durante su operación 
(Assessment of the safety conditions of vehicles transporting, supplying and distributing 
liquefied petroleum gas, and th e minimum safety requirements to be met whilst they are in 
use). 
 NOM-057-SCT2/2003:  Requerimientos generales para el diseño y construction de 
autotanques destinados al transporte de gases comprimidos, especificación SCT 331 
(General requirements for the design and cons truction of road tankers used to transport 
compressed gas, Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT) Specification SCT 331). 
 Acuerdo Centroamericano sobre Circulación por Carreteras  (Central American 
Agreement on Highway Traffic) Central Amer ican Council of Ministers of Transport 
(COMITRAN) – Central American Economic  Integration Secretariat (SIECA), 
December 2000. 
 The Transport of Dangerous Goods.  R ecommendations prepared by the United 
Nations Committee of Experts on the Tr ansport of Dangerous Goods (UNCETDG),  New 
York, 1984. 
 
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.  G/TBT/N/CRI/33 
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 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 Obst áculos 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