. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SLV/145 
6 December 2010 
 (10-6550) 
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 website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
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):   Fishery and aquaculture 
products;  fresh and processed fishery products (HS Chapter 3 and tariff headings 1603 to 
1605;  International Classification fo r Standards (ICS) code 67.120.30) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   NSO 67.32.09:10 
Productos Pesqueros.  Regulación de los Cr iterios Microbiológicos Aplicables a Productos 
de la Pesca y Acuicultura (Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO) No. 67.32.09:10:  
Fishery products.  Regulation of the microbiological criteria for fishery and aquaculture products) (4 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Standard covers the following:  purpose;  scope;  
definitions;  microbiological criteria;  refere nce documents;  and monitoring and inspection.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
To ensure safety and quality with a view to protecting human health. 
8. Relevant documents:  
- Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2073 on Microbiological Criteria for Foodstuffs 
(current edition); 
- RTCA 67.04.50:08:  Alimentos.  Criterios Microbiológicos para la Inocuidad de los 
Alimentos, Organización Internacional de Metrología Legal, OIML R79/1997  
(Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.50:08:  Food products.  
Microbiological criteria for food safety, International Organization of Legal Metrology, OIML R79/1997). G/TBT/N/SLV/145 
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  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 from the date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales 
Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe Plan Maestro San Salvador El Salvador Tel.: (503) 2247 5788 
Fax: (503) 2247 5789 
E-mail: ezelada@minec.gob.sv
 
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) 
Colonia Médica, Avenida Dr Emilio Álvar ez, pasaje Dr Guillermo Rodríguez Pacas, #51 
Tel.: (503) 2234 8416 
Fax: (503) 2225 6255 
Website: http://www.conacyt.gob.sv  
E-mail: evanegas@conacyt.gob.sv