G/TBT/N/SLV/224  
21 December  2022 
(22-9617) 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:  
Organismo Salvadoreño de Reglamentación Técnica , OSARTEC (Salvadoran Technical 
Regulation Agency)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regardi ng the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
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  
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) : ICS 
65.020.20  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Reglamento 
Técnico Salvadoreño - RTS 65 .02.02:22 Requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación, 
producción, conservac ión, certificación, movilización y comercialización de plantas de 
cítricos en viveros y sitios de producción (Salvadoran Technical Regulation (RTS) 
65.02.02:22 : Phytosanitary requirements governing the importation, production, 
conservation, certification, transportation and marketing of citrus plants in nurseries and 
on production sites)  (20 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Salvadoran Technical Regulation establishes the 
phytosanitary requirements governing the importation, production, conservation, 
certification, transportation and marketing of citrus seeds and citrus plant material and 
plants in nurseries and on production sites, with a view to ensuring productive, genetic 
and phytosanitary quality.  
The text ap plies to natural and legal persons throughout national territory that import, 
produce, conserve, certify, transport and market citrus seeds and plant material and 
certified citrus plants.  G/TBT/N/SLV/224  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems  where 
applicable : Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection ; Protection of 
animal or plant life or health.  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Law on plant and animal health ( Ley de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal ). Legislative 
Decree ( Decreto Legislativo ) No. 524, Official Journal No. 234, Volume No. 329 
of 18 December 1 995. El Salvador . Contains the following amendments : (1) 
Legislative Decree No. 917, Official Journal No. 8, Volume No. 370 of 1 2 January 
2006; (2) Legislative Decree No. 472, O fficial Journal No. 187, Volume No. 401 
of 9 October 2 013. El Salvador.  
• Law on seeds ( Ley de Semillas ), Legislative Decree No. 530, Official Journal No. 
177, Volume No. 352 of 2 0 September 2 001. El Salvador . Contains the partial 
repeal of Article 30 (transitional provisions), Legislative Decree No. 616. Official 
Journal No. 95, Volume No. 379 of 2 3 May 2 008. 
• Executive Decision ( Acuerdo Ejecutivo ) No. 225 concerning agriculture and 
livestock, dated 2 2 July 2 009. Official Journal No. 152, Volume No. 384 of 1 9 
August 2 009. El Salvador.  
• OIRSA -ICDF Chinese Taipei, 2019 . Compendium para el manejo integrado del 
HLB, San Salvador, El Salvador.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into f orce: To be determined  
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 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  
Email: datco@economia.gob.sv  
Consejo Nacional de Calidad  (National Quality Council)  
Organismo Salvadoreño de Reglamentació n Técnica , OSARTEC (Salvadoran Technical 
Regulation Agency)  
Boulevard San Bartolo y Calle Lempa, costado Norte del INSAFORP, Edificio CNC, 
Ilopango, San Salvador, El Salvador  
Website: http://www.osarte c.gob.sv  
Tel.: (+503) 2590 5335 ; (+503) 2590 5338  
Email: consultasreglamento@osartec.gob.sv  
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