. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/SLV/161 
2 August 2012 
 (12-4290) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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 
(Salvadorian Technical Regulation Agency) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail 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 
Tel.: (+503) 2247-5788 
Fax: (+503) 2247-5789 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [X], 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):   Dairy products.  
Ripened and unripened cheese. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Norma Técnica 
Sanitaria para Quesos Madurados y No Madurados  (Technical Health Standard for ripened 
and unripened cheese) (28 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Health Standard, which is binding, 
establishes the production, packaging, impor tation, storage, distribution, sale and 
transportation requirements to be met by ripened and unripened cheese.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Adaptation of domestic regulations to the exis ting international and regional regulations.  
The notified Technical Health Standard will re main in force until the respective relevant 
Central American Technical Regulations enter into effect. G/TBT/N/SLV/161 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
(a) CODEX STAN 283-1978:  Codex General Standard for Cheese; (b) CODEX STAN 262-2006:  Codex Standard for Mozzarella; 
(c) Reglamento Técnico Centroamericano (RTCA)  de Buenas Práctic as de Manufactura, 
RTCA 67.01.33:06:  Industria de Alimentos y Bebidas Procesados.  Buenas Prácticas 
de Manufactura.  Principios Generales  (Central American Technical Regulation on 
good manufacturing practices, RTCA No. 67. 01.33:06:  Processed food and beverage 
industry.  Good manufacturing practices.  General principles); 
(d) Reglamento Técnico Centroamericano, RTC A 67.04.50:08:  Alimentos.  Criterios 
Microbiológicos para la Inocuidad de Alimentos (Central American Technical 
Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.50:08:  Food products.  Microbiological criteria for food safety); 
(e) Reglamento Técnico Centroamericano, RTC A 67.04.54:10:  Alimentos y Bebidas 
Procesados.  Aditivos Alimentarios (Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) 
No. 67.04.54:10:  Processed foods and beverages.  Food additives). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } 28 July 2012 
10. Final date for comments:   Not applicable 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail 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 Salv ador, El Salvador 
Tel.: (+503) 2247-5788 Fax: (+503) 2247-5789 
E-mail: datco@minec.gob.sv ;  jmilla@minec.gob.sv  
Website: http://www.minec.gob.sv  
 
Organismo Salvadoreño de Regl amentación Técnica (OSARTEC) 
1ª Calle Poniente y Final 41 Av. Norte N° 18 Colonia Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador 
Tel.: (+503) 2247-5323 
E-mail: consultasreglamento@minec.gob.sv ;  lparada@osartec.gob.sv