G/SPS/N/SLV/130  
22 November  2018 
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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 : 67.140.20  
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 : Reglamento Técnico Salvadoreño RTS 67.08.01:18 
CAFÉ. CAFÉ VERDE (CAFÉ ORO) . REQUISITOS DE CALIDAD  (Salvadoran Technical 
Regulation RTS 67.08.01:18 : Coffee. Green coffee (café oro) . Quality requirements) . 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 8 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/SLV/18_6014_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The regulation establishes quality specifications and 
characteristics for green coffee (café oro) for marketing . It applies to green coffee (café 
oro), as a ra w material, that is produced in El Salvador to be marketed domestically or 
abroad and to imported coffee.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] prote ct territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal H ealth (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM 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/130  
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 ISO 2395:1990 . Test sieves and test sieving . Vocabulary.  
 ISO 3310 -2:2013 . Test sieves . Technical requirements and testing . Part 2: Test sieves 
of perforated metal plate.  
 Ley de Creación del Consejo Salvadoreño del Café . Legislative Decree ( Decreto 
Legislativo ) No. 352, published in Official Journal No. 200, Volume No. 305, of 
30 October 1 989 (El Salvador).  
 Ley Especial para la Protección de la Propiedad y la Comercialización del Café . 
Legislative Decree ( Decreto Legislativo ) No. 138, published in Official Journal No. 180, 
Volume No. 324, of 2 9 September 1 994 (El Salvador).  
 NTS ISO 6666:2011 . Muestreo de café . Muestreador para el café verde y café en 
pergamino.  
 NTS ISO 6668:2008 . Café verde . Preparación de muestras para análisis sensorial . 
 NTS ISO 4149:2005 . Café verde . Examen olfativo visual y determinación de la materia 
extraña y defectos . 
 NTS ISO 6669:1995 . Café verde . Determinación de la densidad a granel por caída 
libre de los granos enteros . 
 NTS ISO 4150 : 2009. Café verde . Granulometria . Análisis de tamaño . Tamizado 
manual y mecánico . 
 NTS ISO 5492:2008 . Análisis sensorial . Vocabulario . 
 NTS ISO 8455:2011 . Café verde . Guía para almacenamiento y transporte.  
 Reglamento del Registro de Exportaciones del Café . Decreto Ejecutivo No. 6 del Ramo 
de Economía y de la Presidencia , published in Official Journal No. 15, Volume No. 306, 
of 23 January 1 990 (El Salvador).  
 Requisitos mínimos de calidad a aplicar al café gourmet y su procedimiento . Acuerdo 
Ejecutivo No. 76 del Directorio del Consejo Salvadoreño del Café , published in Official 
Journal No. 8, Volume No. 382, of 1 4 January 2 009 (El Salvador).  
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/o r (dd/mm/yy ): 21 January 2 019 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:   G/SPS/N/SLV/130  
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  13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Economía  (Ministry of Economic Affairs)  
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales  (Directorate of Trade Treaty 
Administration)  
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 Técnica , OSARTEC (Salvadorian Technical 
Regulation Agency)  
1ª Calle Poniente y Final 41 Av . Norte, N° 18 Colonia Flor Blanca  
San Salvador, El Salvador  
Tel.: (+503) 2590 5323 ; (+503) 2590 5335  
Email : consultasreglamento@osartec.gob.sv  
Website: http://www.osartec.gob.sv/