G/TBT/N/SLV/205  
19 December  2019 
(19-8844) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : EL SALVADOR  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Organismo Salvadoreño de Reglamentación Técnica , OSARTEC 
(Salvadoran Technical Regulation Agency)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the not ification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Ministerio de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales  (Directorate for the Administration 
of Trade Agreements)  
Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe  
Plan Maestro  
San Salvador, El Salvador  
Website: http://www.minec.gob.sv  
Tel.: (+503) 2590 5788 Fax : (+503) 2590 5789  
Email: datco@minec.gob.sv  
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 prov ided in addition, where applicable) : 
International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 67.140.20  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Reglamento 
Técnico Salvadoreño RTS 67 .08.02:19 Café . Café tostado en grano y tostado - molido . 
Requisitos de calidad  (Salvadoran Technical Regulation RTS 67 .08.02:19 : Coffee. Roasted 
coffee beans and ground roasted coffee . Quality requirements) (13 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified T echnical Regulation establishes the minimum 
quality requirements to be met by roasted coffee beans and ground roasted coffee for 
marketing.  
It applies to all natural and legal persons engaged in the production, processing, 
importation, exportation and mark eting of roasted coffee beans and ground roasted coffee 
for human consumption, in national territory.  
It also applies to roasted coffee beans and ground roasted coffee to which flavouring has 
been added.  
This Technical Regulation does not apply to coffee substitutes.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of health and prevention of deceptive practices.  G/TBT/N/SLV/205  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• Ley del Consejo Salvadoreño del Café , Legislative Decree No. 353, published in 
Official Journal No. 200, Volume No. 305, of 3 0 October 1 989. Amendments : (1) 
Legislative Decree No. 291, published in Official Journal No. 62, Volume No. 
318, of 3 0 March 1 993. (2) Legislative Decree No. 996, pub lished in Official 
Journal No. 85, Volume No. 407, of 1 3 May 2 015 (El Salvador).  
• Ley Especial para la Protección de la Propiedad y la Comercialización del Café , 
Legislative Decree No. 138, published in Official Journal No. 180, Volume No. 
324, of 2 9 Septem ber 1994. Amendments : (1) Legislative Decree No. 189, 
published in Official Journal No. 215, Volume No. 325, of 2 1 November 1 994. 
(2) Legislative Decree No. 850, published in Official Journal No. 199, Volume 
No. 333, of 2 3 October 1 996. (3) Legislative Dec ree No. 435, published in 
Official Journal No. 192, Volume No. 341, of 1 5 October 1 998 (El Salvador).  
• Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) : Alimentos. Criterios 
Microbiológicos para la Inocuidad de los Alimentos (current version).  
• RTCA : Etiquetado general de los alimentos previamente envasados ( pre-
envasados)  (current version).  
• Salvadoran Technical Regulation (RTS) : Café. Café Verde (Café Oro) . Requisitos 
de Calidad  (current version).  
• RTS: Metrología . Sistema Internacional de Unidades  (current version).  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined.  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Ministerio de Economía  
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales  
Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe  
Plan Maestro  
San Salvador, El Salvador  
Website: http://www.minec.gob.sv  
Tel.: (+503) 2590 5788 Fax : (+503) 2590 5789  
Email: datco@minec.gob.sv  
 
Consejo Nacional de Calidad  
Organismo Salvadoreño de Reglamentación Técnica (OSARTEC)  
Boulevard San Bartolo y Calle Lempa, costado Norte del INSAFORP  
Edificio CNC, Ilopango  
San Salvador, El Salvad or 
Website: http://www.osartec.gob.sv  
Tel.: (+503) 2590 5335 or (+503) 2590 5338  
Email: consultasreglamento@osartec.gob.sv  
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