G/TBT/N/SLV/18 8 
 
9 December 2016  
(16-6739) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: Sp anish   
 
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 Regla mentación Técnica, OSARTEC   
(Salvadorian Technical Regulation Agency)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers  and 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 of Trade Treaty 
Administration)  
Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe, Plan Maestro  
San Salvador, E l Salvador  
Tel.:  (503) 2590 -5788   
Fax:  (503) 2590 -5789 
Email:  datco@minec.gob.sv   
Website:  http://www.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) c ode 97.040.30  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Reglamento 
Técnico Salvadoreño RTS 97.01.01:15, Eficiencia energética. Refrigeradores y 
congeladores electrodomésticos. Límites, métodos de prueba y etiquetado  (Salvadorian 
Technical Regulation (RTS) No. 97.01.01:15: Energy efficiency. Household refrigerators 
and freezers . Limits, test methods and labelling ) (73 pages, in Spanish).     
6. Description of content:  The notified Technical Regulation establishes the maximum 
energy  consumption levels  for household refrigerators and freezers using hermetic 
motor -driven compressors, the  test methods for determining such energy consumption , 
and the particulars  to be included on the energy consumption label.  
7. Objective and rationale,  including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The notified Technical Regulation seeks to provide Salvador ians purchasing 
a household refrigerator or freezer  with the assurance that its  energy consumption  is 
efficient and can reduce both energy  bills and greenhouse gas emissions in the 
atmosphere, thereby protecting the environment, human health and the consumer . G/TBT/N/SLV/18 8 
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  8. Relevant documents:  Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -015-ENER -2012, Eficiencia 
energética de refrigeradores y congeladores electrodomést icos. Límites, métodos de 
prueba y etiquetado  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -015-ENER -2002: Energy efficiency 
of household refrigerators and freezers. Limits, test methods and labelling), published in 
the Mexican Official Journal on  16 February 2012.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days as from the date of notification  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [  X ] or add ress, telephone and fax 
numb ers 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  
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)  
1ª Calle Poniente y Final 41 Av. Norte, N° 1 8, Colonia Flor Blanca  
San Salvador, El Salvador  
Tel.: (503) 2590 -5323 
 (503) 2590 -5335 
Email:  consultasreglamento@osartec.gob.sv  
Website:  http://www.osar tec.gob.sv