G/SPS/N/SLV/85/Add.1  
30 January  2019 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 2 8 January 2 019, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of El Salvador . 
 
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Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO)/Central American Technical Regulation 
(RTCA)  No. 65.05.51:08 : Veterinary drugs and related products, and establishments engaged in 
the manufacture, marketing, fractioning or storage thereof . Sanitary registration and control 
requir ements  
On 11 November 2 008, the Government of the Republic of El Salvador notified, in document 
G/SPS/N/SLV/85, the draft regulation "RTCA No. 65.05.51:08 : Veterinary drugs and related 
products, and establishments engaged in the manufacture, marketing, fractioning or storage 
thereof . Sanitary registration and control requirements", whose purpose was to establish 
provisions governing the sanitary registration and control of veterinary drugs, related products 
and establishments.  
The regulation applies to v eterinary drugs and related products and to establishments engaged in 
the registration, manufacture, marketing, dispensing or distribution, fractioning or storage thereof 
in the States Parties.  
The sanitary registration of raw materials for the preparation  of veterinary drugs and related 
products and compounded veterinary formulations is excluded from the scope of the regulation 
and remains subject to the domestic laws of each State Party.  
The purpose of the present addendum is to notify WTO Members that th e regulation has been 
updated . They will have 60 days from the date of this notification to make comments.  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ]  Modification of final date for comments  
[ ]  Notification of adoption, publication, or entry into force of regulation  
[X]  Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ]  Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ]  Change in proposed date of adoption, publication, or date of entry into force  
[ ]  Other:  
Comment period : (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days . Under 
other circumstances, such as  extension of originally announced final date for 
comments, the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  G/SPS/N/SLV/85/Add.1  
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  [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): 31 March 2 019 
Agency or authority design ated to handle comments : [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of 
other body:  
 
Text(s) available from : [ ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . 
Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales  (Directorate for the Administration of Trade 
Agreements)  
Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe, Plan Maestro, San Salvador, El Salvador  
Tel.: (+503) 2590 5788  
Email : datco@minec.gob.sv  
Website: http://www.minec.gob.sv  
 
Organismo Salvadoreño de Reglamentación Técnica , OSARTEC (Salvadoran Technical Re gulation 
Agency)  
1ª Calle Poniente y Final 41 Av . Norte, N° 18 Colonia Flor Blanca  
San Salvador, El Salvador  
Tel.: (+503) 2590 5323  
 (+503) 2590 5331  
 (+503) 2590 5335  
Email : consultasreglamento@osartec.gob.sv  
Website: http://www.osartec.gob.sv  
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