. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SLV/74 
1 July 2005 
 (05-2852) 
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:   National Science and Technology Council (CONACYT) 
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:  
Ministry of the Economy 
Directorate of Trade Treaty Administration (DATCO) 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 [ X ], 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):  Quick coupling valve for 
portable liquefied petroleum gas cylinders (HS: 84.81; ICS: 23.060.01) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  NSO  RTCA 
23.01.28:05:  Recipientes a Presión. Cilindros  Portátiles para Contener GLP.  Válvula de 
Acoplamiento Rápido.  Especificaciones (Salvadoran Mandatory St andard (NSO)/Central 
American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No.23.01.28:05:  Pressure Vessels.  Portable Liquefied Petroleum Gas Cylinders.  Quick Coupling Valve.  Specifications) (17 pages, in 
Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   This Regulation lays down the minimum specifications and test 
methods for the quick coupling valve used for the filling of and release of gas from portable 
liquefied petroleum gas containers circulating in member countries of the Central American region. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Protection of health and human life; environmental protection. G/TBT/N/SLV/74 
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 8. Relevant documents:  Mexican Official Standard NOM-016-SEDG-2003:  Válvula 
Utilizada en Recipientes Portátiles para Contener Gas Licuado de Petróleo – 
Especificaciones y Métodos de Prueba (Valve Used in Portable Liquefied Petroleum Gas 
Containers – Specifications and Test Methods). 
 Colombian Technical Standard NTC 1091.1997-10-22:  Válvulas para Recipientes 
Portátiles para Gases Licuados del Petróleo  hasta 109 Litros de Capacidad de Agua 
(Valves for Portable Liquefied Petroleum Gas Containers of a Water Capacity of not more 
than 109 Litres). 
 American Society for Testing of Materials (ASTM) Standard ASTM A-313: 
Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Spring Wire . 
 International Electrotechnical Comisión (IEC) Standard IEC 410-1973:  Sampling 
Plans and Procedures for Inspection by Attributes . 
 International Organization for Standa rdization (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 Qua lity Level (AQL) for Lot-by-Lot Inspection . 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date of publication in the Diario Oficial  
(Official Journal). Six months from the date of adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ], 
Ministerio de Economía 
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales (DATCO) 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, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available, of 
the other body: 
 
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) Colonia Médica 
Avenida Dr Emilio Álvarez 
Pasaje Dr Guillermo Rodríguez Pacas, No. 51 San Salvador, El Salvador.  Tel: (+503) 226 2800 
Fax: (+503) 225 6255 
Web site:  www.conacyt.gob.sv