G/TBT/N/SLV/215  
23 September  2021 
(21-7116) 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 government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Organismo Salvadoreño de Reglamentación Técnica , OSARTEC 
(Salvadoran Technical Regulation Agency)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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 Comer ciales  (Directorate for the Administration 
of Trade Agreements)  
Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe Plan Maestro San Salvador, El Salvador  
Website: http://www.economia.gob.sv  
Tel.: (503) 2590 5788  
Email: datco@economia.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 b e provided in addition, where applicable) : Residential 
buildings ( ICS 91 .040.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Reglamento 
Técnico Salvadoreño RTS 91 .01.02:21 DISEÑO Y CONSTRUCCIÓN DE VIVIENDA DE UNA 
Y DOS PLANTAS (Salvadoran Technical Regulation RTS 91 .01.02:21, Design and 
construction of single -storey and two -storey housing) (69 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Regulation l ays down the minimum requirements 
and technical specifications for the design and construction of earthquake -resistant 
single -storey and two -storey housing where  confined masonry, reinforced masonry and 
reinforced concrete masonry construction  systems  are used. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
- ACI 318: M ost recent  edition of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Building Code 
Requirement for Structural Concrete and Commentary  (ACI 318 R) 
- ASTM A 185 : Standard Specification for Steel Welded Wire Reinforcement, Plain, for 
Concrete  
- ASTM A 370 : Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel 
Products  G/TBT/N/SLV/215  
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  - ASTM A 615 : Standard Specification for Deformed and Plain Carbon -Steel Bars for 
Concrete Reinforcement  
- ASTM A 1064 : Standard Specification for Carbon -Steel Wire and Welded Wire 
Reinforcem ent, Plain and Deformed, for Concrete  
- ASTM C 31 : Standard Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the 
Field 
- ASTM C 33 : Standard Specification for Concrete Aggregates  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of ent ry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from 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  
Website: http://www.economia.gob.sv  
Tel.: (503) 2590 5788  
Email: datco@economia.gob.sv  
 
Consejo Nacional de Calidad  (National Quality Council)  
Organismo Salvadoreño de Reglamentación Técnica (OSARTEC)  
Boulevard San Bartolo y Calle Lempa, costado Norte del INSAFORP, Edificio CNC 
Ilopango, San Salvador, El Salvador  
Website: http://www.osartec.gob.sv  
Tel.: (503) 2590 5335 ; (503) 2590 5338  
Email: consultasreglam ento@osartec.gob.sv  
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