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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/SLV/36
24 November 2003
(03-6244)
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:   EL SALVADOR
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   National Science and Technology Council (CONACYT)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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:   Ministry of the
Economy, Commercial Contract s Division, Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe Plan
Maestro San Salvador.  Tel.:  231 5788, Fax:  231 5789.
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):   Powdered synthetic
detergents for domestic use (HS 34.02)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NSO 71.36.01:03
Powdered Synthetic Detergents for Domestic Use, 39 pages, in Spanish.
6. Description of content:   This Standard includes the following headings:  subject, scope,
definitions, abbreviations and symbols, classification and description, characteristics and
specifications, sampling, overall sampling, operating procedure, preparation of samples,
acceptance criteria, testing methods, labelling, packing and packaging, appendix,
monitoring and verification;  to establish characteristics and specifications that powdered
synthetic detergents for domestic use must meet;  to devise standards for the characteristics
and specifications that powdered synthetic detergents for domestic use must meet, in order
to be used in the washing of clothes and fabrics, produced in the country or abroad.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human healthG/TBT/N/SLV/36
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8. Relevant documents:   Official Standards
- Colombian Technical Standard NTC 985 1997-08-27 "Soaps and detergents.
Powdered synthetic detergents for domestic use";
- NMX-Q-002-1982 "Powdered domestic detergents for domestic use";- INEN 849-1982-02 "Surface active agents, powdered detergent.  Requirements";- NMX-Q-031-S-1980  Domestic detergents – determination of phosphate content
(expressed as P
2O3);
- NMX-Q-043-1986 Domestic detergents – determination of the content of anionic
surface active ingredients;
- ASTM-D-1681-92 (Reapproved 1997) Standard Test Method for Synthetic Anionic
Active Ingredient in Detergents by Cationic Titration Procedure.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  60 days beginning from the date of notification
Proposed date of entry into force:  Six months beginning from the date of adoption
10. Final date for comments:   60 days beginning from the date of notification
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ]
Ministerio de Economía
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales
Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe Plan Maestro San Salvador. El Salvador
Tel.:   (503) 231 5788Fax: (503) 231 5789
E-mail: eezzeellaaddaa@@mmiinneecc..ggoobb..ssvv
or address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail  and web-site addresses, if available, of
the other body:
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)
Colonia Médica, Avenida Dr. Emilio Alvarez, pasaje Dr. Guillermo Rodríguez Pacas, #51
Tel.: (503) 226 2800
Fax: (503) 225 6255
Web site:  wwwwww..ccoonnaaccyytt..ggoobb..ssvv