. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SLV/97 
22 September 2006 
 (06-4548) 
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, 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:    
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 [ 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):   Plain and deformed steel  
bars for concrete reinforcement (Internati onal Classification for Standards (ICS) code 
77.080.20) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NSO 77.13.01:06:  
Especificaciones para las barras de acero lisas y corrugadas par refuerzo del concreto  
(Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO) No. 77.13.01:06:  Specifications for plain and 
deformed steel bars for concrete rein forcement) (13 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   This Standard covers the following:  purpose, scope of 
application, definitions, order informati on, materials and manufacture, chemical 
composition, deformation requirements, defo rmation dimensions, stress requirements, 
bending requirements, permitted weight (mass) variation, finish, test number, retesting, 
testing samples, test report, inspection, rejection, revision, marking, packaging and appendix. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Human safety 
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  8. Relevant documents:    
 
- American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard A 6/A 6M:  
Specification for General Requirements for Rolled Structural Steel Bars, Plates, 
Shapes, and Sheet Piling;  
- ASTM A 370:  Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel 
Products; 
- ASTM A510:  Standard Specification for General Requirements for Wire Rods and 
Coarse Round Wire, Carbon Steel;  
- ASTM A510M:  Standard Specification for General Requirements for Wire Rods and 
Coarse Round Wire, Carbon Steel [Metric];  
- ASTM A 700:  Practices for Packaging, Marking and Loading Methods for Steel 
Products for Domestic Shipment;  
- ASTM A 706/A 706M:  Standard Specification for Low-Alloy Steel Deformed and 
Plain Bars for Concrete Reinforcement;  
- ASTM E29:  Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine 
Conformance with Specifications  
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, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Ministerio de Economía 
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales Edificio C-2, Tercer Nivel   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 
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) 2226-2800 Fax:  (+503) 2225-6255 E-mail:  guerrero@conacyt.gob.sv 
Web site: www.infoq.gob.sv