WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.440
19December 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-5375)
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 2710.00.12, 2710.00.13
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Special andRegular Unleaded
Gasoline. Specifications (7pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Technical regulations containing areport andtechnical
specifications forspecial andregular unleaded gasoline, including standards for
consultation, definitions andabbreviations, characteristics, sampling, methods oftesting
andanalysis, andconformity withother standards.
7. Objective andrationale: Toregulate therequisite physico-chemical characteristics of
special andregular unleaded gasoline foruseinmotor vehicles. Inaddition, the
differences between leaded andunleaded gasoline aredefined, astheRegulations donot
apply toaviation gasoline, known asAVGAS, nortospecial leaded gasoline andregular
leaded gasoline. Thus theyalsohelptoprotect theenvironment, bypreventing further
deterioration oftheozone layer.
8. Relevant documents: NSO 75.04.01: 96
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9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:28February 1996
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