G/TBT/N/SLV/220  
28 June 2022 
(22-4964) 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 : Dirección Nacional de Medicamentos , DNM (National Directorate 
of Medicines)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification sha ll 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, Sa n Salvador, El Salvador  
Website: http://www.economia.gob.sv  
Tel.: (503) 2590 5788  
Email: datco@economia.gob.sv  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Medical 
equipment  (ICS code(s) : 11.040) ; Dentistry (ICS code(s) : 11.060) ; Sterilization and 
disinfection in general (ICS code(s) : 11.080.01) ; Disinfectants and antiseptics (ICS 
code(s) : 11.080.20) ; Laboratory medicine (ICS code(s) : 11.100) ; Pharmaceutics (ICS 
code(s) : 11.120); Hospital equipment (ICS code(s) : 11.140) ; Aids for disabled or 
handicapped persons (ICS code(s) : 11.180) ; Birth control . Mechanical contraceptives 
(ICS code(s) : 11.200) ; Inorganic chemicals (ICS code(s) : 71.060) ; Organic chemicals 
(ICS code(s) : 71.080) ; Products of the chemical industry (ICS code(s) : 71.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Ley Especial de 
Precios por Servicios de la Dirección Nacional de Medicamentos  (Special Law on Service 
Prices of the Nation al Directorate of Medicines) ; (7 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : This Law establishes the prices of the services rendered by the 
National Directorate of Medicines, which is the national health authority that regulates 
medicines, medical devi ces, cosmetics, sanitary and chemical products, including raw 
materials, and establishments that manufacture, import, export, market or dispense 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : To ensur e the health of the population and boost the economy in the 
pharmaceutical and other regulated products sector by guaranteeing the long -term 
financial sustainability of the national health authority, providing the resources needed 
for it to operate more effectively and efficiently, streamline and simplify its procedures, 
and implement the changes required for it to be recognized as a stringent regulatory 
agency by the World Health Organization, ensuring the quality, safety, efficacy, rational 
use and  accessibility of regulated products . Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents : - 
9. Proposed date of adoption : August 2 022 
Proposed date of entry into force : January 2 023 
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 (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.economia.gob.sv  
Tel.: (503) 2590 5788  
Email: datco@economia.gob.sv  
Edificio C -2, Tercera planta Centro de Gobierno, Plan Maestro  
Calle Guadalupe y Alameda Juan Pablo II  
San Salvador  
Tel.: (+503) 231 57 88  
Fax: (+503) 231 57 89  
Email: omc_es@minec.gob.sv  
Website: http://www.minec.gob.sv