WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ESP/26
11 November 2003
(03-6003)
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:   SPAIN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:  Technical General Secretariat.  Ministry of Development
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:
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):   Does not explicitly cover
any products
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Specifications for
Technical Inspections of Railway Bridges ( Instrucción sobre las Inspecciones Técnicas en
los Puentes de Ferrocarril - ITPF-03 ).
6. Description of content:   ITPF-03 establishes a procedure for monitoring, inspecting and
checking the condition of railway bridges to en sure that they are kept and maintained in
compliance with safety standards during use and operation.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   
Establish the technical framework for governing technical inspections and load
testing of railway bridges, whether newly cons tructed or in service, and a railway bridge
register.
8. Relevant documents:
9. Proposed date of adoption:  November 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  December 2003
10. Final date for comments:   15 November 2003
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: