. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SLV/139 
14 December 2009 
 (09-6474) 
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:  
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) 2231 5788 Fax:  (503) 2231 5789 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ X], 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):   Energy efficiency and 
safety of integrated compact fluorescent lamps (ICS code 29.140.30) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
NSO-PEC 29.47.01:09 "Evaluación de la Conf ormidad.  Procedimiento de Evaluación de 
la Conformidad de la Norma Salvadoreña Obligatoria NSO 29.47.01:09 Eficiencia 
Energética y Seguridad de Lámparas Fluorescen tes Compactas Integradas, Requisitos de 
Desempeño Energético y Etiquetado " (Salvadoran Mandatory Standard - Conformity 
Assessment Procedure (NSO-PEC) No. 29. 47.01:09:  "Conformity Assessment.  
Conformity Assessment Procedure in Resp ect of Salvadoran Mandatory Standard 
No. 29.47.01:09:  Energy Efficiency and Safe ty of Integrated Compact Fluorescent Lamps.  
Energy Performance and Labelling Requir ements") (22 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Standard covers the following:  purpose;  scope;  
definitions;  symbols and abbreviations;  procedure;  conformity assessment by 
CONACYT;  conformity assessment by customs;  conformity assessment by the Defensoría del Consumidor  (consumer protection agency);  annexes. G/TBT/N/SLV/139 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Environmental protection and electrical energy saving. 
8. Relevant documents: 
- Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO) 29.47.01:09 "Energy efficiency and safety 
of integrated compact fluorescent lamps.  Energy performance and labelling 
requirements"; 
- Ley del Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) (National Science 
and Technology Council (CONACYT) Law); 
- Ley de Protección al Consumidor (Consumer Protection Law); 
- Ley Orgánica de la Dirección General de Aduanas (Law on the Organization of 
the Directorate-General of Customs); 
- ISO/IEC 17000 "Conformity assessment.  Vocabulary and general principles"; 
- ISO/IEC 17050-1 "Conformity assessment – Supplier's declaration of conformity - 
Part 1:  General requirements"; 
- ISO/IEC 17050-2 "Conformity assessment – Supplier's declaration of conformity - 
Part 2:  Supporting documentation". 
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 after the date of notification 
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 Salvador El Salvador Tel.: (503) 2231 5788 
Fax: (503) 2231 5789 
E-mail: ezelada@minec.gob.sv  Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) Colonia Médica 
Avenida Dr Emilio Álvarez, Pasaje Dr Guillermo Rodríguez Pacas No. 51 
San Salvador El Salvador Tel.: (503) 2234 8400 / 2234 8430 Fax: (503) 2225 6255 
Website: http://www.conacyt.gob.sv