. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/SLV/5
26 March 2001
(01-1480)
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 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:
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):   7311.00.10 and
7311.00.90
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   "Portable Cylinders
for Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG).  Specifications", 46 pages in Spanish including cover
page and report:  Mandatory Standard NSO 23.04.01.00, setting forth characteristics and
requirements for the design and manufacture and testing methods for portable cylinders thatare new or in service and used to contain liquified petroleum gas (LPG), as well as to
establish the conditions for the storage and safe transport of full and empty cylinders.
6. Description of content:   This technical regulation covers the object, field of application,
definitions, symbols and abbreviations, classification and designation, specific
requirements, general requirements for all types of cylinders, sampling, methods for testing
and trials, marking of cylinders, handling, storage and transport, regulations to be consulted,
surveillance and verification, annex "a" (information) figures and annex "b" (information)
bibliography.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To protect human life through the establishment of safety regulations.
8. Relevant documents:   The number of this technical regulation is: NSO 23.04.01.00
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }23 June 2001
10. Final date for comments:   23 May 2001G/TBT/N/SLV/5
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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:  Consejo
Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Departamento de normalización, Metrología y
Certificación de la calidad, colonia Médica, pasaje Doctor Guillermo R. Pacas, # 51,San Salvador.  Tel.:  (503) 226-2800 y (503) 226-2999,  Fax: (503) 225-6255,
E-mail:  cit@conacyt.gob.sv and Ministerio de Economía, Dirección de Política Comercial,
Alameda Juan Pablo II y calle Guadalupe, Plan Maestro, San Salvador.  Tel.:  (503) 221-3578, Fax: (503) 221-4771.