WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.441
19December 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-5376)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: ELSALVADOR
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: National Council ofScience andTechnology (CONACYT)
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): HSChapter 2710.00.31
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: No.2Industrial
Diesel FuelOil.Specifications (7pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Technical Regulations containing areport andtechnical
specifications forNo.2Industrial Diesel FuelOil,including: standards forconsultation,
definitions andabbreviations, sampling, methods oftesting andanalysis, andconformity
withother standards.
7. Objective andrationale: Toregulate therequisite physico-chemical characteristics of
industrial diesel fueloilasused intheindustrial sector, exclusively inopen-flame
burners, mainly forelectricity generation andheating. These Regulations arevery
important astheystipulate thatthisproduct must notbeused ininternal combustion
engines. TheRegulations donotapply tolightdiesel fueloilusedintheautomotive
sector.
8. Relevant documents: NSO 75.04.06:96
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:28February 1997
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10. Final dateforcomments: 13February 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: CONACYT, Department ofStandardization, Metrology andQuality Certification,
Urb.1sidro Menéndez Pje.SanAntonio 51,
SanSalvador
Tel: 2262800
Fax: 2256255; and
Ministry ofEconomic Affairs
Department ofTrade Policy
Alameda JuanPablo IIyCalle Guadalupe PlanMaestro
SanSalvador
Tel: 2213578
Fax: 2214771