. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/GTM/32 
21 July 2005 
 (05-3287) 
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 [ 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):   HS tariff heading 8481; 
International Classification for St andards (ICS) code 23.060.01 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   COGUANOR 
NGO/RTCA 23.01.28:05:  Recipientes a Presión.  Cilindros Portátiles para Contener GLP.  
Válvula para Acoplamiento Rápido. Especificaciones   (Guatemalan Standards Commission 
(COGUANOR) Mandatory Standard (NGO) / Central American Technical Regulation 
(RTCA) No. 23.01.28:05:  Pressure vessels.  Portable liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) 
cylinders.  Quick coupling valve.  Speci fications)  (17 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Standard 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 (LPG) containers circ ulating in member countries of the Central 
American Customs Union. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Protection of human life and health and of the environment. 
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   (Valves used in portable liquefied petroleum gas 
(LPG) 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 (L PG) containers with a water capacity of up 
to 109 litres);  G/TBT/N/GTM/32 
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  American Society for Testing and Mate rials (ASTM) Standard ASTM A-313:  Standard 
Specification for Stainless Steel Spring Wire;  
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standard IEC 410-1973:  Sampling Plans 
and Procedures for Inspection by Attributes;   
International Organization for Standardi zation (ISO) 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.  
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, ext. 211 Fax: (+502) 2476-6777   
E-mail: hherrera@mail.mineco.gob.gt