G/SPS/N/SLV/122  
23 August  2016 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : EL SALVADOR  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Organismo Salvadoreño de Reglamentación Técnica , OSARTEC 
(Salvadorian Technical Regulation Agency)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff  item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : ICS number : 67.040  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trad ing partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Reglamento Técnico Centroamericano RTCA 67.06.74:16 
Productos Agropecuarios Orgánicos . Requisitos para la Producción, el Procesamiento, la 
Comercialización, la Certificaci ón y el Etiquetado  (Central American Technical Regulation 
(RTCA) 67.06.74:16 : Organic agricultural products . Requirements governing production, 
processing, marketing, certification and labelling ) Language(s) : Spanis h Number of 
pages : 66 
6. Description of content : The notified Regulation establishes the provisions and 
procedures governing the production, registration, certification, processing, labelling, 
storage, transport and marketing of organic agricultural products . It applies to the 
following products  that carry or should carry a descriptive label relating to organic 
production methods.  
A product is considered to carry information concerning organic production methods when 
the label or property claims, including advertising material and commercial docu ments, 
describe the product or its ingredients using the terms "organic", "biological" or 
"ecological" or other similar internationally recognised vocabulary, including abbreviated 
forms, which suggest to the buyer that the product or its ingredients have been obtained 
via organic production methods in the country in which they have been put on the market.  
The Regulation must be applied by all natural or legal persons engaged in the production, 
processing, labelling, storage, transport and marketing of cert ified organic agricultural 
products . It is also binding upon public and private bodies engaged in the registration, 
control and/or certification of such production.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [X]  animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ 
] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/SLV/122  
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission ( e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text ) CAC/GL 32 -1999, Rev. 3 -2007: Guidelines for the 
Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods.  
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter nu mber)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ) 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international sta ndard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six mont hs from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 22 October 2 016 
Agency or authority designate d to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] 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 Ca lle Guadalupe, Plan Maestro, San Salvador, El Salvador  
Tel.:  (+503) 2590 5788  
Fax:  (+503) 2590 5789  
Email:  datco@minec.gob.sv  
Website:  http://www.minec.gob.sv/  
 
Organismo Salvadoreño de Reglamentación Técnica (OSAR TEC) 
1ª Calle Poniente y Final 41 Av . Norte, N° 18, Colonia Flor Blanca  
San Salvador, El Salvador  
Tel.:   (+503) 2590 5335  
   (+503) 2590 5338  
Email : consultasreglamento@osartec.gob.sv  
Website:  http://www.osartec.go b.sv/ G/SPS/N/SLV/122  
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  13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] 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 Maestro, San Salvador, El Salvador  
Tel.: (+503) 2590 5788  
Fax: (+503) 2590 5789  
Email:  datco@minec.gob.sv  
Website: http://www.minec.gob.sv/  
 
Organismo Salvadoreño de Reglamentación T écnica (OSARTEC)  
1ª Calle Poniente y Final 41 Av . Norte, N° 18, Colonia Flor Blanca  
San Salvador, El Salvador  
Tel.: (+503) 2590 5335  
 (+503) 2590 5338  
Email : consultasreglamento@osartec.gob.sv  
Website: http://www.os artec.gob.sv/