G/TBT/N/SLV/226/Add.1  
15 March  2024 
(24-2347) Page: 1/2 
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) 35.01.03:23, Information technology . Electronic 
signatures . Requirements for implementing the guarantee or action plan of certification service 
providers or electronic document storage service providers  
 
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[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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- 35.01.03:24 TECNOLOGÍA DE LA 
INFORMACIÓN . FIRMA ELECTRÓNICA . REQUISITOS PARA HACER EFECTIVA LA 
GARANTÍA O PLAN DE ACCIÓN DE LOS PROVEEDORES DE SERVICIOS DE 
CERTIFICACIÓN O DE SERVICIOS DE ALMACENAMIENTO DE DOCUMENTOS 
ELECTRÓNICOS.  1° REVISIÓN  (Salvadoran Technical Regulation (RTS) 35.01.03:24, 
Information technology . Electronic signatures . Requirements for implementing the 
guarantee or action plan of certification service providers or electronic document storage 
service providers . First revision).  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/SLV/modification/24_02053_00_
s.pdf 
New deadline for comments (if applicable) : 60 days from notification  
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1: 
 
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Description : Description : On 17 April 2 023, the Government of the Republic of El Salvador 
notified, in document G/TBT/N/SLV/226, draft Salvadoran Technical Regulation RTS 35 .01.03:23, 
Information technology . Electronic signatures . Requirements for implementing the guarantee or 
action plan of ce rtification service providers or electronic document storage service providers . That 
draft regulation established "the procedure for implementing the guarantee or action plan relating 
to compensation for damages in the event of infringements by certificati on service providers or 
electronic document storage service providers . It applies to all public or private legal persons 
accredited as a provider of certification services or a provider of electronic document storage services 
at the national level."  
El Sal vador hereby notifies WTO Members that this Addendum is being issued to extend the validity 
of the regulation for an indefinite period, as there is an ongoing need for a technical regulation that 
sets out the procedure for implementing the guarantee or act ion plan relating to compensation for 
damages in event of infringements by certification service providers or electronic document storage 
service providers, as required by law (Electronic Signature Law, Art. 43(d)(3)).  
The full text is available from:  
Ministerio de Economía  (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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