WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SLV/128 
21 April 2009 
 (09-1895) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EL SALVADOR
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología , CONACYT (National 
Science and Technology Council) 
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:  
Colonia Medica, Avenida Dr. Emilio Álvarez 
Pasaje Dr. Guillermo Rodriguez Pacas N° 51 San Salvador, El Salvador, Central America 
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 provided in addition, where applicable):   HS heading 31.05; 
International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 65.080 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NSO RTCA 
65.05.54:09, Fertilizantes y Enmiendas, de Uso Agrícola. Requisitos para el Registro  
(Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO)/Cent ral American Technical Regulation (RTCA) 
No. 65.05.54:09:  Fertilizers and soil conditioners for agricultural use.  Registration 
requirements) (19 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The aim of the notified Regulatio n is to lay down the requirements 
for the registration of fertilizers and soil conditione rs for agricultural use.  It applies to the 
registration of agricultural fertilizers a nd soil conditioners which are manufactured, 
formulated, extracted from natural sources, packaged, repacked/repackaged, imported, 
exported, distributed and marketed in c ountries of the Central American region. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human, animal and plan t health and of the environment. 
8. Relevant documents:  
(a) Ley de Protección Fitosanitaria  (Plant protection law) No. 7664, Costa Rica; 
(b) Decreto Ejecutivo  (Executive Decree) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock 
and the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade No. 28429-MAG-MEIC, 
Costa Rica; G/TBT/N/SLV/128 
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  8. Relevant documents:  (cont'd) 
(c) Decreto Ejecutivo  (Executive Decree) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock 
No. 26503-MAG, Costa Rica; 
(d) Decreto Ejecutivo  (Executive Decree) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock 
No. 27973-MAG, Costa Rica; 
(e) Decreto legislativo  (Legislative Decree) No. 315:  Ley sobre control de pesticidas, 
fertilizantes y productos para uso ag ropecuario y su reglamento  (Law on the 
control of pesticides, fertilizers and products for agricultural use, and the regulations thereto), El Salvador; 
(f) Decreto legislativo  (Legislative Decree) No. 524:  Ley de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal  
(Plant and animal health law), El Salvador; 
(g) Ley Fitozoosanitaria  (Plant and animal health la w), Decree No. 157-94 and Decree 
No. 344-2005, Honduras; 
(h) Reglamento sobre el registro, uso y c ontrol de fertilizantes y materias primas  
(Regulation governing the registration, use and control of fertilizers and raw 
materials), Decree No. 002-94, Honduras; 
(i) Ley (Law) No. 274: Ley Básica para la regulación y control de plaguicidas, 
sustancias toxicas, peligrosas y otras similares y su reglamento  (Basic Law on the 
regulation and control of pesticides a nd toxic, hazardous and other similar 
substances, and the regulations thereto), Nicaragua; 
(j) Acuerdo Ministerial  (Ministerial Decision) of the Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock and Forestry (MAGFOR) No. 21-2001:  Registro de materias simples de 
fertilizantes edáficos y granulares  (Registration of simple edaphic and granular 
fertilizers), Nicaragua; 
(k) Ley de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal  (Plant and animal health law), Decree No. 36-98 
and the regulations thereto, and Acuerdo Gubernativo  (Government Decision) 
No. 45-99, Guatemala; 
(l) Acuerdo Ministerial  (Ministerial Decision) No. 1221-2004:  Normas para el 
registro de personas individuales o jurídicas interesadas en realizar actividades 
vinculadas con insumos para uso agrícola y los requisitos para el registro de 
insumos para uso agrícola en el Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y 
Alimentación  (Rules for the registration of natu ral and legal persons involved in 
activities related to inputs for agricultural u se, and requirements for the registration 
of agricultural inputs with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food), Guatemala.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal 
Six months after publication in the Official 
Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of this notification  G/TBT/N/SLV/128 
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  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) 2231-5788 Fax: (503) 2231-5789 E-mail: ezelada@minec.gob.sv
 
or address, telephone and fax numbers and E-ma il and website addresses, if available, of 
other body: 
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) 
Colonia Médica, Avenida Dr. Emilio Alvarez Pasaje Dr. Guillermo Rodríguez Pacas, #51 San Salvador, El Salvador 
Tel.: (503) 2226-2800 
Fax: (503) 2225-6255 Website: http://www.conacyt.gob.sv/
 
 For further information, please c ontact:  Ms Evelyn de Vanegas 
Tel.: (503) 2234-8411 
E-mail: evanegas@conacyt.gob.sv