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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.135
30 March 1999
(99-1265)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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 Sc ience and Technology Council (CONACYT)
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):  Not applicable, since the
Standard concerns verification
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Verification of Net
Content of Aerosol Products and Permissible Variations Therein (30 pages, Spanish).
Mandatory Standard NSO 17.08.06.97 Establishing the Method for Verifying the NetContent of Aerosol Products and the Permissible Variations in Such Content
6. Description of content:  This Technical Regulation contains the purpose, scope of
application, rule to be consulted, terminology, basic stages of the procedure, sampling
apparatus, net mass and related tolerance, procedure, expression of results, testing or
analysis reports, correspondence, annex.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The
importance and rationale of this Technical Regulation is to establish the method for
verifying the net content of aerosol products, and establishing the permissible variations in
their declared nominal content and the necessary criteria for deciding whether or not thebatch complies with these requirements.
8. Relevant documents:  NSO 17.08.06.97
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } 30 May 1999
10. Final date for comments:  15 May 1999G/TBT/Notif.99.135
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)
Departamento de Normalización, Metrología y Certificación de la Calidad
Colonia Médica
Avenida Dr. Emilio Álvarez
Pasaje Dr. Guillermo Rodríguez Pacas Nº 51
San SalvadorTel:  2262800, 2262999
Fax:  2256255
and:
Ministerio de Economía
Dirección de Política Comercial
Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe Plan Maestro
San Salvador
Tel:  2213578
Fax:  2214771
E-mail:  cit@conacyt.gob.sv