. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/3 
9 December 2004 
 (04-5418) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:   Spanish 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member notifying:  REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Industry and Trade (SIC) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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:    
Directorate-General of Economic Integration and Trade Policy  
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle Edificio San José, 4th floor Tegucigalpa Tel./Fax:  (504) 235-5057 
E-mail:  pcomercial@sic.gob.hn 
Web site:   www.sic.gob.hn 
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):   Central American Tariff 
System (SAC) subheading 2710.19.91 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Technical Regulation 
RTCA 75.01.15:04: Petroleum Products.  Lubricating Oils for Petrol or Diesel Engines. Specifications  (14 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Technical Regulation establishes the minimum quality 
specifications to be met by and commercial info rmation to be provided for all lubricating 
oils for petrol or diesel motor vehicle engines ma rketed in bulk or in individual containers in 
the Central American region, together with  verification methods for determining the 
accuracy of such information. 
 With the exception of oils that fall under American Petroleum Institute (API) 
classifications SA, SB, SC and SD (see Table 1) and CA, CB and CC (see Table 2), this Regulation applies to all lubricating oils for petrol or diesel engines, since classifications 
subsequent to the above are in line with engine manufacturers' recommendations and are 
used for most of the vehicle stock in Central American countries.  
 Lubricating oils with the classifications  API SA, SB, SC, SD and API CA, CB and 
CC may be used for other purposes. 
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 7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
 Prevention of practices likely to mislead or deceive the consumer.   
8. Relevant documents:    
American Petroleum Institute Standard API 1509 - 1995:  Engine Oil Licensing and 
Certification System ; 
 
Society of Automotive Engineers Standard SAE J183-1991: Engine Oil Performance and 
Engine Service Classification (Other than "Energy Conserving "); 
 SAE J300-1992:  Ground Vehicle Standard;  International Electrotechnical Commission Standard IEC 410-1973: Sampling Plans and 
Procedures for Inspection by Attributes ;  
 International Organization for Standa rdization Standard ISO 2859-0-1995:  Sampling 
Procedures for Inspection by Attributes - Pa rt 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 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) for Lot-by-Lot Inspection ; 
 ISO 3951-1989: Sampling Procedures and Charts for In spection by Variables for Percent 
Nonconforming . 
9. Proposed date of adoption:    To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon publication in the Honduran Official Journal 
La Gaceta . 
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 and E-mail and Web site add resses, if available, of other body:    
 Dirección General de Reproducción y Consumo 
 Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle  Edificio San José, 3er piso, Tegucigalpa  Tel./Fax: + (504) 235-5006 
 E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn 
 Web site: www.sic.gob.hn