Petroleum products

RTCA No. 75.01.19:05: Petroleum products: Regular petrol. Specifications

On 24 June 2005, the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua notified, in document G/TBT/N/NIC/57, draft Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 75.01.19:05: "Petroleum products: Regular petrol. Specifications".

The notified Technical Regulation specifies the physico-chemical requirements to be met by regular petrol for use in motor vehicles. It applies to the petroleum derivative known as regular petrol, which is formed from a complex mixture of different types of hydrocarbons (paraffinic, naphthenic, olefinic and aromatic), and which has a distillation (boiling) range of between 30°C and 225°C. The purpose of the present Addendum is to notify WTO Members that this Technical Regulation has been updated and that there will be a comment and observation period of 60 days as from the date of this notification.