G/TBT/N/SLV/214  
27 August  2021 
(21-6466) 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 government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Organismo Salvadoreño de Reglamentación Técnica , OSARTEC 
(Salvadoran Technical Regulation Agency)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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 (Ministry of the Economy)  
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales  (Directorate for the Administration 
of Trade Agreements)  
Alameda Juan Pablo II y Cal le Guadalupe, Plan Maestro, San Salvador, El Salvador  
Website: http://www.economia.gob.sv  
Tel.: (+503) 2590 5788  
Email: datco@economia.gob.sv  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 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) : Pressure 
vessels, gas cylinders ( ICS 23.020.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Reglamento 
Técnico Salvadoreño RTS 23 .02.02:21 RECIPIENTES A PRESIÓN . CILINDROS 
PORTÁTILES PARA CONTENER GLP . VÁLVULA DE ACOPLAMIENTO RÁPIDO ("QUICK 
COUPLING") CON VOLANTE PARA CIERRE MANUAL . ESPECIFICACIONES  (Salvadoran 
Technical Regulation RTS 23 .02.02:21, Pressure vessels . Portable LPG cylinders . Quick 
coupling valves with a handwheel for manual closure . Specifications) (22 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of co ntent : The notified Regulation lays down the minimum specifications 
and test methods for non -POL type quick coupling valves with a handwheel for manual 
closure, used for the filling and release of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for domestic use 
stored in po rtable containers circulating in El Salvador . As an integral part of the valve, 
the valve's ability to be closed manually ensures increased safety since, in the case of an 
LPG leak in the domestic system, the valve may be closed and the leak stopped simply  
by operating the handwheel.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents : - 
9. Proposed date of adoption : 27 August 2 021 G/TBT/N/SLV/214  
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  Proposed date of entry into force : 25 February 2 022 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, 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.economia.gob.sv  
Tel.: (+503) 2590 5788  
Email: datco@economia.gob.sv  
 
Consejo Nacional de Calidad  (National Quality Council)  
Organismo Salvadoreño de Reglamentación Técnica (OSARTEC)  
Boulevard San Bartolo y Calle Lempa, costado Norte del INSAFORP, Edificio CNC, 
Ilopango, San Salvador, El Salvador  
Website: http://www.osartec.gob.sv  
Tel.: (+503) 2590 5335 ; (+503) 2590 5338  
Email: consultasreglamento@os artec.gob.sv  
 
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