G/TBT/N/SLV/26/Add.1  
30 October  2023 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 2 7 October 2 023, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of El Salvador . 
 
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Title: Reglamento Técnico Salvadoreño RTS 13 .01.02:23 CALIDAD DEL AIRE . CONTROL DE 
EMISIONES ATMOSFÉRICAS GENERADAS POR FUENTES MÓVILES . VEHÍCULOS TERRESTRES . 
LÍMITES PERMISIBLES, ESPECIFICACIONES TÉCNICAS DEL EQUIPO Y PROCESO DE MEDICIÓN  
(Salvadoran Technical Regulation (RTS) No. 13.01.02:23 : "Air quality . Monitoring of air emissions 
from mobile sources . Road vehicles . Permissible limits, technical specifications of the equipment and 
measurement process ") 
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:  
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[ ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[ ] Text of final measure available from1: 
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:  
[X] Content or scope of notified measure changed and text available from1: 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/SLV/modification/23_13189_00_
s.pdf 
New deadline for comments (if applicable) : 60 days from notification  
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1: 
[ ] Other:  
 
Description : On 10 October 2 003, the Government of the Republic of El Salvador notified, in 
document G/TBT/N/SLV/26, draft Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO) No. 17.08.08:04 : 
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final measure/change to the measure/interpretative guidance can be 
obtained.  G/TBT/N/SLV/26/Add.1  
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  "Equipment for measuring pollutant emissions from motor vehicles - Specifications and calibration 
procedures " with the aim of "establish[ing] the main characte ristics, the calibration procedures, and 
the frequency of these procedures, which must be adhered to, so as to ensure the reliability of 
results, by equipment that is used to verify the permissible limits for emissions of air pollutants from 
motor vehicles  running on petrol, diesel or other fuels ". These limits have been set in NSO No. 
13.11.03:01 : "Atmospheric emissions . Mobile sources ". 
The purpose of the present Addendum is to notify WTO Members that the content of the Salvadoran 
Mandatory Standard has been updated and that the Standard has been converted into a Salvadoran 
Technical Regulation . Members will have 60 days from the date of this notification to make comments 
or observations.  
The full text is available from:  
Ministerio de Economí a (Ministry of Economic Affairs)  
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.economia.gob.sv  
Tel.: (+503) 2590 5788 ; Fax: (+503) 2590 5789  
Email: datco@economia.gob.sv  
 
Consejo Nacional de C alidad  (National Quality Council)  
Organismo Salvadoreño de Reglamentación Técnica , OSARTEC (Salvadoran Technical Regulation 
Agency)  
Boulevard San Bartolo y Calle Lempa, costado Norte del INSAFORP, Edificio CNC, Ilopango, San 
Salvador, El Salvador  
Website: https://osartec.gob.sv/  
Tel.: (+503) 2590 5335 ; (+503) 2590 5338  
Email: consultasreglamento@osartec.gob.sv  
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