G/TBT/N/SLV/204/Add.1  
15 March  2024 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 1 4 March 2 024, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of El Salvador . 
 
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Title: Salvadoran Technical Regulation RTS 13 .05.01:18 Water . Waste water . Waste water quality 
parameters for discharge and management of waste sludge  
 
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[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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: 
Reglamento Técnico Salvadoreño RTS 13 .5.01:24 Agua . AGUAS RESIDUALES . 
PARÁMETROS DE CALIDAD DE AGUAS RESIDUALES PARA DESCARGA Y MANEJO DE 
LODOS RESIDUALES.  1° REVISIÓN  (Salvadoran Technical Regulation (RTS) 
13.05.01:24 Water . Waste water . Waste water quali ty parameters for discharge and 
management of waste sludge . First revision).  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/SLV/modification/24_02054_00_
s.pdf 
New deadline for comments (if applicable) : 60 days from notification  
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1: 
[ ] Other:  
 
 
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/204/Add.1  
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  Description : On 19 December  2018, the Government of El  Salvador notified, in document 
G/TBT/N/SLV/204, draft Salvadoran Technical Regulation RTS 13 .05.01:18 : Water. Waste water . 
Waste water quality parameters for discharge and management of waste sludge . That draft 
regulation established "the permissible limits for quality parameters for waste water and waste water 
sludge prior to final disposal as well as technical mechanisms and procedures for their management, 
and it contributes to the recovery,  protection and sustainable use of water resources".  
The RTS applies to any activity, work or project involving waste water management prior to disposal 
into a receiving environment, as well as the management of waste water sludge, regardless of origin 
or destination, within the national territory . The RTS does not apply to individual treatment systems 
for ordinary waste water with soil infiltration, or for waste water from vessels under the MARPOL  
Convention.  
The purpose of this Addendum is to notify WTO M embers that the content of this Salvadoran 
Technical Regulation has been updated, and they will therefore have a period of 60 days from the 
date of this notification to submit comments and observations.  
The full text is available from:  
Ministerio de Econom ía (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 Calidad  (National Quality Council)  
Organismo Salvadoreño de Reglamentación Técnica , OSARTEC (Salvadoran Technical Regulation 
Agency)  
Boulevard San Bartolo y Calle Lempa, costado Norte del INCAF, Edificio CNC, Distrito de Ilopango, 
San Salvador Este, El Salvador  
Website: https://osartec.gob.sv/  
Tel.: (+503) 2590 5335 ; (+503) 2590 5338  
Email: consultasreglamento@osartec.gob.sv  
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