G/SPS/N/SLV/120
30 January 2015
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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):  International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 
67.120.30 
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 67.01.01:13, Productos Pesqueros. Buenas 
Practicas de Manufactura. Criterios Microbiológicos Aplicables a Productos de la Pesca y 
Acuicultura (Salvadorian Technical Regulation (RTS) No. 67.01.01:13: Fishery products. 
Good Manufacturing Practices. Microbiological criteria for fishery and aquaculture products) Language(s):  Spanish  Number of pages:  3      
6. Description of content:  The notified Salvadorian Technical Regulation seeks to ensure 
compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices and the microbiological criteria for fishery 
and aquaculture products for domestic consumption. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant 
protection, [ ] 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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or seri al number of Codex 
standard or related text) Codex Alimentarius Commission / Recommended 
International Code of Practice CAC/RCP 52-2003: Code of Practice for Fish and 
Fishery Products  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)   
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible,  how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/SLV/120 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
-  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs 
(current edition); 
-  RTCA, Alimentos. Criterios Microbiológicos para la Inocuidad de Alimentos  (Central 
American Technical Regulation on Food products. Microbiological criteria for food safety) (current edition); 
-  Codex Alimentarius Commission / Recommended International Code of Practice 
CAC/RCP 52-2003: Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products; 
-  Reglamento para la aplicación de normas de higiene y Buenas Prácticas de 
Manufactura en los Productos Pesqueros, así como del Sistema de Análisis de 
Peligros y Puntos Críticos de Control en los establecimientos de procesamiento, oficializado por el Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (Decreto Ejecutivo número 36 de fecha 7 de mayo de 2001, Diario Oficial: 84, Tomo: 351, Publicado el 5 de 
junio de 2001 (Regulation governing the implementation of hygiene standards, Good 
Manufacturing Practices for fishery products and the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system, adopted pursuant to Ministry of Agriculture and 
Livestock Executive Decree No. 36 of 7 May 2001, published in Official Journal No. 
84, Vol. 351, of 5 June 2001);  
-  Procedimiento interno del Ministerio de agricultura y ganadería, toma de muestra en 
plantas procesadoras de productos pesqueros, IT_IPA 05 Inocuidad de alimentos, 
inocuidad de productos de origen animal, versión vigente de fecha 22 de octubre de 2008 (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock internal procedure: Sampling in fishery 
product processing plants, IT_IPA 05, Food  safety. Safety of products of animal 
origin, current version dated 22 October 2008).  
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) :  31 March 2015 
Agency or authority designated to handle  comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail 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 
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) 2590-5335 E-mail: consultasreglamento@osartec.gob.sv Website: http://www.osartec.gob.sv