G/TBT/N/SLV/169  
25 October 2013  
(13-5906)  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 e-mail and website addresses, if availa ble) of agency or author ity designated to handle 
comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if di fferent from above:  
Ministerio de Economía (Ministry of the Economy) 
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales (Directorate of Trade Treaty Administration) 
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 
E-mail: 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): 
International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 65.020.01. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: 
RTS 65.02.01:13, Límites máximos de residuos de plaguicidas químicos en frutas y hortalizas para producción nacional e importación  (Salvadorian Technical Regulation 
(RTS) No. 65.02.01:13: Maximum residue limits for chemical pesticides in fruit and 
vegetables for domestic production and import) (8 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content: The notified text regulates pesticide and metabolite residues in 
fruit and vegetables by establishing Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs), based on the MRLs set by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the US Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) and the European Union (Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council), to ensure that such residues pose no risk to human or animal health or to the environment. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health. G/TBT/N/SLV/169 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- Codex Alimentarius: Pesticide residues in food"http://www.co dexalimentarius.net/  
mrls/pestdes/jsp/pest_qs"; 
- MRLs established by the US Environm ental Protection Agency (EPA), 2005, 
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - Title 20, Volume 23 "http://www.epa.gov/pesticid es/food/viewtols.htm"; 
- Regulation (EC) No. 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC 
"http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2005:070: 
0001:0016:es:PDF"; 
- Proyecto RTCR 427:2008. Reglamento Técnico de Límites Máximos de Residuos 
de Plaguicidas en Vegetales. Reglamento Técnico de Costa Rica (Draft Costa Rican 
Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 427:2008: Technical regulation on maximum residue limits for pesticides in plants), Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade; 
- Decreto Ejecutivo 467 de 7 de noviembre, 2007. Reglamento Sanitario que establece 
los Límites Máximos de Residuos de Plaguicidas y otros contaminantes en frutas 
y vegetales de consumo nacional y de exportación (Executive Decree No. 467 
of 7 November 2007, Health regulation establishing maximum residue limits for 
pesticides and other contaminants in fruit and plants for domestic consumption 
and export), Panamanian Ministry of Health; 
- Ley sobre control de pesticidas, fertilizantes y productos para uso agropecuario 
(Law on the control of pesticides, fertilizers and products for agricultural use), 
Official Journal No. 85, Volume No. 239, published on 10 May 1973; 
- Ley de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal, Decreto N° 524  (Plant and Animal Health Law, 
Decree No. 524), Official Journal No. 234, Volume No. 329, published on 
18 December 1995; 
- Código de Salud , Decreto N° 955 (Health code, Decree No. 955), Official Journal 
No. 86, Volume No. 299, published on 5 November 1988; 
- Ley de procedimiento para la imposición del arresto o multa administrativos, 
Decreto N° 457  (Law on administrative detention and fine procedures, 
Decree No. 457), Official Journal No. 70, Volume No. 306, 
published on 21 March 1990. 
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 enquir y point [X], or address, telephone and 
fax numbers and e-mail and website addre sses, 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 E-mail: 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 E-mail: consultasreglamento@osartec.gob.sv  
Website: http://www.osartec.gob.sv