. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SLV/89 
31 July 2006 
 (06-3677) 
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, e-mail and web-site 
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) 231-5788 Fax: +(503) 231-5789 
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):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 71.100 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NSO RTCA 
71.01.37:06 Productos Higiénicos. Regist ro e Inscripción Sanitaria de Productos 
Higiénicos  (Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO)/ Central American Technical Regulation 
(RTCA) No. 71.01.37:06: Cleaning products. San itary registration and authorization of 
cleaning products) (9 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this technical regulation is to establish the 
conditions and requirements under which sanitary registration and authorization of cleaning 
products will be granted. 
 This technical regulation is binding in th e States Parties on natural or legal persons 
involved in the production or importation of cleaning products which contain at least one 
dangerous ingredient in a concentration greater  than 1 per cent and which, on the basis of 
technical studies, are classified as dangerous, according to the criteria laid down in Annex 
D. Those internationally classified as carcinogeni c, mutagenic or teratogenic, in accordance 
with the criteria laid down by ACGIH, ATSDR, EPA, HMIS, IARC, NIOSH, NTP, OHMS, OSHA, TSCA and WHO, must be declared when they are present in a concentration greater 
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  6. Description of content:   (cont'd) 
than 0.1 per cent and shall be subject to manda tory sanitary registration or authorization. 
 The products listed in Annex A, which the St ates Parties shall define by consensus, 
shall not come within the scope of this regulation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
 Protection of human health and life. 
8. Relevant documents:   Recommendations on the Trans port of Dangerous Goods, Model 
Regulations, United Nations, New York and Geneva.  
http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/unrec/rev13/English/00E_Intro.pdf 
United States Code of Federal Regulations (C FR), Title 40. Classification of Dangerous 
Goods. 
United States Code of Federal Regulations  (CFR), Title 29, Part No. 1910.1200, 
Occupational Safety and Health Standards. Section on the Safety Data Sheet, declaration of 
hazardous constituents. 
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp. show_document?p_table =STANDARDS&p_id
=10099 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
Six months as from adoption. 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of notification. 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the 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) 231-5788 Fax:  +(503) 231-5789 E-mail:  ezelada@minec.gob.sv
 
 or 
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) 
Colonia Médica, Avenida Dr. Emilio Alvarez, pasaje Dr. Guillermo Rodríguez Pacas, #51 Tel.:  +(503) 226-2800  
Fax:  +(503) 225-6255 
Web site:  www.infoq.gob.sv
 
Further information:  Rogelio Guerrero (tel.: 2235-4191) 
E-mail:  guerrero@conacyt.gob.sv