G/TBT/N/SLV/172  
28 February 2014  
(14-1234)  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 email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different 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 
Email: 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): 91.100 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: RTS 
91.01.01:13,  Urbanismo y construcción en lo relativo al uso del sistema constructivo de 
adobe para viviendas de un nivel  (Salvadorian Technical Regulation No. 91.01.01:13: 
Urban planning and construction in relation to the use of the adobe construction system for single-storey housing") (15 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified text establishes technical requirements for adobe 
buildings, with a view to ensuring the safety of their occupants and minimizing risks 
caused by natural disasters.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer protection. G/TBT/N/SLV/172 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- ASTM A615/A615M - 13: Standard Specification for Deformed and Plain Carbon-Steel 
Bars for Concrete Reinforcement. http://www.astm.org/Standards/A615.htm  
- ASTM C1157/C1157M - 11: Standard Performance Specification for Hydraulic Cement. 
http://www.astm.org/Standards/C1157.htm  
- ASTM C91 / C91M - 12: Standard Specification for Masonry Cement. 
http://www.astm.org/Standards/C91.htm  
- Informe de Resultados de la Investigación del Sistema Constructivo Adobe Sismo-
Resistente, Proyecto de Cooperación Técnica "Mejoramiento de la Tecnología para la 
Construcción y Difusión de la Vivienda Popular Sismo-Resistente"  (Report on the 
results of the study on the earthquake-resistant adobe construction system - 
Technical cooperation project on improving technology for the construction and 
dissemination of earthquake-resistant low-cost housing), El Salvador, March 2008. 
- Informe de Ensayos Experimentales, Adobe Reforzado, Proyecto de Cooperación 
Técnica "Mejoramiento de la Tecnología para la Construcción y Sistema de Difusión de 
la Vivienda Social Sismo-Resistente"  (Experimental testing report - Reinforced adobe 
- Technical cooperation project on improving technology for the construction and dissemination of earthquake-resistant social housing), El Salvador, December 2013.  
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 email 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 
Email: 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 
Email: consultasreglamento@osartec.gob.sv