G/SPS/N/SLV/131/Add.1  
15 March  2024 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 1 4 March 2 024, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of El Salvador . 
 
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Salvadoran Technical Regulation RTS 13 .05.01:18 : Water. Waste water . Waste water quality 
parameters for discharge and management of waste sludge  
On 19  December  2018, the Government of El  Salvador notified, in document G/SPS/N/SLV/131, 
draft Salvadoran Technical Regulation RTS 13 .05.01:18 : Water. Waste water . Waste water quality 
parameters for discharge and management of waste sludge, in order to establish 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 th eir management, and to contribute to the 
recovery, protection and sustainable use of water resources.  
The Salvadoran Technical Regulation applies to any activity, work or project involving waste water 
management prior to disposal into a receiving environme nt, as well as the management of waste 
water sludge, regardless of origin or destination, within the national territory . The Salvadoran 
Technical Regulation 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 the present Addendum is to notify WTO Member coun tries that the content of this 
Salvadoran Technical Regulation has been amended . In light of the above, there will be a period 
of 60 days for the submission of comments and observations as from the date of notification.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/SLV/24_02055_00_s.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication, or entry into force of regulation  
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period : (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calen dar days . Under G/SPS/N/SLV/131/Add.1  
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  other circumstances, such as extension of the originally announced final date for 
comments, the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): 14 May 2 024 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Economía  (Ministry of Economic Af fairs) 
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  
Tel.: (+503) 2 590 -5788 
Fax: (+503) 2 590 -5789 
Email: datco@economia.gob.sv  
Website: http://www.economia.gob.sv  
Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . 
Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Economía  
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales  
Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe, Plan Maest ro, San Salvador, El Salvador  
Tel.: (+503) 2 590 -5788 
Fax: (+503) 2 590 -5789 
Email: datco@economia.gob.sv  
Website: http://www.economia.g ob.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  
Tel.: (+503) 2 590 -5335 
  (+503) 2 590 -5338 
Email: consultasreglamento@osartec.gob.sv  
Website: https://osartec.gob.sv/  
 
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