G/TBT/N/SLV/170  
19 November 2013  
(13-6363)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Organismo Salvadoreño de Reglamentación Técnica , OSARTEC 
(Salvadorian Technical Regulation Agency) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and website addresses, if availa ble) of agency or author ity designated to handle 
comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if di fferent from above:  
Ministerio de Economía 
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe, Plan Maestro, San Salvador, El Salvador 
Website: http://www.minec.gob.sv  
Tel.: +(503) 2590-5788 
Fax: +(503) 2590-5789 
E-mail: datco@minec.gob.sv ; jmilla@minec.gob.sv  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2. 10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ],  5.7.1 [ ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided  in addition, where applicable): 67.080 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: RTS 
67.04.01:13 Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas de Frutas y Hortalizas  (Salvadorian Technical 
Regulation (RTS) 67.04.01:13: Good agricultural practices for fruit and vegetables) (35 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified text establishes the technical specifications for 
good agricultural practices applicable to the production of fruit and vegetables. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health. G/TBT/N/SLV/170 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas (BPA): En busca de sostenibilidad, competitividad y 
seguridad alimentaria  (Good agricultural practices (GAP): The quest for 
sustainability, competitiveness and food se curity), FAO Regional Office for Latin 
America and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile, 2006. ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/a0718s/a0718s00.pdf 
 Code of Hygienic Practice for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, CAC/RCP 53-2003. 
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/CDfruits_en/others/docs/alinorm03a.pdf  
 Especificaciones Técnicas de Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas, para la producción de 
frutales (Technical specifications for good agricultural practices applicable to fruit 
production), Ministry of Agriculture, Chile. http://www.uach.cl/externos/epicforce/ pdf/guias%20y%20manuales/guias_b_p_
agricolas/BPA_PARA_LA_PRODUCCION_DE_FRUTALES.pdf 
 Manual de Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas  (Manual on good agricultural practices), 
International Regional Organization for Plant and Animal Health (OIRSA) http://www.oirsa.org/aplicaciones/subidoar chivos/BibliotecaVi rtual/ManualPractic
asAgricolasparaFrutasHortalizas.pdf  
 Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Resolution No. 71/1999 - Guía de 
Buenas Prácticas de Higiene y Agrícolas Para La Producción Primaria (Cultivo-
Cosecha), Empacado, Almacenamiento y Transporte de Hortalizas Frescas  (Guide 
to good hygiene and agricultural practices for the primary production (cultivation and harvesting), packaging, storage an d transporting of fresh vegetables). 
http://www.senasa.gov.ar/Archivos/File/File3898-res-71-99.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined. 
To be determined. 
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from the date of notification.  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Ministerio de Economía 
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe, Plan Maestro, San Salvador, El Salvador 
Website: http://www.minec.gob.sv  
Tel.: +(503) 2590-5788 Fax: +(503) 2590-5789 
E-mail: datco@minec.gob.sv ; jmilla@minec.gob.sv  
Organismo Salvadoreño de Reglamentación Técnica (OSARTEC) 
1ª Calle Poniente y Final 41 Av. Norte, N° 18, Colonia Flor Blanca San Salvador, El Salvador 
Website: http://www.osartec.gob.sv  
Tel.: +(503) 2590-5323; +(503) 2590-5331; +(503) 2590-5335 
E-mail: consultasreglamento@osartec.gob.sv