WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ESP/22
28 March 2003
(03-1795)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SPAIN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:  Directorate-General of Highways, Ministry of Development
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 [    ], 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):           
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Highway Roadbed
Specifications,  Standard 6.1-IC (36 pages, in Spanish)
6. Description of content:   Standard 6.1-IC contains the basic criteria to be taken into account
when building new road surfaces.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The purpose of the Standard is to establish criteria to choose and design the most
appropriate solution for new road surfaces on the basis of technical, economic andenvironmental considerations.
8. Relevant documents:           
9. Proposed date of adoption:  August 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  September 2003
10. Final date for comments:   22 May 2003
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:           