G/SPS/N/SLV/116  
27 May 2014  
(14-3137)  Page: 1/3  
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 num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): ICS number: 13.060.20 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners 
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: RTS 13.03.01:14 Manejo de los desechos bioinfecciosos  
(Salvadorian Technical Standard (RTS) 13.03.01:14: Bio-infectious waste management) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 16 
6. Description of content: The notified text establishes the sanitary requirements governing 
bio-infectious waste management. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal heal th, [ ] plant protection, [X] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)  
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM No. ) 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
[ ] Yes [ ] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/SLV/116 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
 Reglamento Especial de Protección y Seguridad Radiológica  (Special regulations on 
radiological protection and safety), Official Journal, Volume No. 354, Monday 18 March 
2002. Ministry of Public Health; 
 Manual para personal médico y de enfermería, gestión y manejo de desechos sólidos 
hospitalarios, Programa regional de desechos sólidos hospitalarios. Convenio ALA 
91/93, 1998  (Handbook for doctors and nurses on solid hospital waste management, 
Regional programme on solid hospital waste. ALA Agreement 91/93, 1998); 
 Manual para técnicos e inspectores de saneamiento, gestión y manejo de desechos 
sólidos hospitalarios. Programa regional de desechos sólidos hospitalarios. Convenio 
ALA 91/93, 1998  (Handbook for health technicians and inspectors on solid hospital 
waste management, Regional programme on solid hospital waste. ALA Agreement 
91/93, 1998); 
 Guía de capacitación. Programa regional de desechos sólidos hospitalarios. Convenio 
ALA 91/93, 1998  (Training guide. Regional programme on solid hopital waste. ALA 
Agreement 91/93, 1998); 
 Derecho Ambiental, líneas directrices y principios. Manejo ambiental racional de 
desechos peligrosos  (Environmental law: guidelines and principles. Rational 
environmental management of hazardous waste); 
 London Guidelines for the Exchange of Information on Chemicals in International 
Trade, as amended in 1989; 
 Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes 
and their Disposal; 
 CEPIS: Guía para la desinfección mexicana. Norma para el manejo de residuos 
biológicos infecciosos  (CEPIS: Guide to disinfection in Mexico. Standard on infectious 
biological waste management); 
 Gaceta Oficial de la República de Venezuela: Norma para el control de la generación de 
desechos peligrosos  (Official Journal of the Republic of Venezuela: Standard to control 
the generation of hazardous waste); 
 Propuesta de Norma de Desechos Sólidos Hospitalarios, Programa ALA 91/93, 1996.  
(Draft standard on solid hospital waste, ALA Programme 91/93, 1996), Oficina Nacional de El Salvador; 
 Reglamento especial en materia de sustancias, residuos y desechos peligrosos  (Special 
regulation on hazardous substances, residues  and waste), Ministry of the Environment 
and Natural Resources, El Salvador, January 1999; and 
 Ley del Medio Ambiente  (Law on the Environment), El Salvador, May 1998. 
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 months 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) : 26 July 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:   G/SPS/N/SLV/116 
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  13. Texts available from: [X] National Notifi cation 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;  jmilla@minec.gob.sv 
Website: http://www.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 Tel.: (+503) 2590-5323 
 (+503) 2590-5331 
 (+503) 2590-5335 
Email: consultasreglamento@osartec.gob.sv Website: http://www.osartec.gob.sv/