G/TBT/N/SLV/179  
 
27 January 2015  
(15-0560)  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 email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority design ated 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, El Salvador 
Tel.:  (503) 2590-5788   Fax:  (503) 2590-5789 
Email:  datco@minec.gob.sv  / jmilla@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 provid ed in addition, where applicable):   
International Classification fo r Standards (ICS) code 65.140 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   RTS 
65.03.01:14, Buenas prácticas apícolas en la producción de miel de abeja (Salvadorian 
Technical Regulation (RTS) No. 65.03.01:14: Good apicultural practices for the production of natural honey) (15 pages, in Spanish).    
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation lays down the requirements 
to be met by producers of natural honey, with a view to ensuring product safety.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   Food safety   
8. Relevant documents:     
 Manual de Buenas Prácticas Apícolas para la Producción de Miel Centroamericano  
(Central American manual of good apicultural practices for the production of honey), 
Version 1, San Salvador, El Salvador, 2004; 
 Manual de Buenas Prácticas Apícolas  (Manual of good apicultural practices), Regional 
International Organization for Plant Protection and Animal Health (OIRSA), Nicaragua, 
2010;  
 Guía de Aplicación de Buenas Prácticas Apícolas y de Manufactura de Miel. 
Recomendaciones  (Guide to the implementation of good apicultural practices and 
good manufacturing practices for honey. Re commendations), National Agriculture and 
Food Quality and Health Service (SENASA), Argentina;  G/TBT/N/SLV/179 
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   Manual de Buenas Prácticas de Producción de Miel. Programa de Inocuidad de 
Alimentos  (Manual of good practices for the production of honey. Food safety 
programme), Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and 
Food (SAGARPA), Mexico.   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined 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 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 
Tel.: (503) 2590-5788 Fax: (503) 2590-5789 Email: 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 
Email: consultasreglamento@osartec.gob.sv  
Website: http://www.osartec.gob.sv