WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ARG/83
13 March 2003
(03-1454)
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:  ARGENTINA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:   National Regulatory Agency for Gas (ENARGAS)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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:   idem National
enquiry point
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):  Compressed natural gas
(CNG)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Hoses for CNG Retail
- Installation, Use and Maintenance  (4 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:  Updates standards  related to the installation, use and maintenance
of hoses for CNG retail.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Regulation under Law No. 24,076 on safety and quality.
8. Relevant documents:   National Regulatory Agency for Gas (ENARGAS) Resolution
No. 2767/2002.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  16 January 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  24 January 2003
10. Final date for comments:   -
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body:
Focal Point of the Argentine Republic
National Directorate of Domestic Trade (DNCI)Avda. J. A. Roca 651, 4
th floor, Sector 22 (1322) Buenos Aires
Fax:  (54 11) 4349-4038
Tel.:  (54 11) 4339-4037
E-mail: focalotc@mecon.gov.ar