. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SLV/103 
5 January 2007 
 
 (07-0048) 
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 Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe Plan Maestro San Salvador 
Tel.: (+503) 2231 5788 
Fax: (+503) 2231 5789 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 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):  
 Large volume parenteral solutions (ICS: 11.040.20) HS 30.02 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  NSO 11.37.03:06 
"Soluciones Parenterales de Gr an Volumen. Especificaciones" (Salvadoran Mandatory 
Standard (NSO) 11.37.03:06 "Large Volume Parenteral Solutions.  Specifications") 
(39 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Standard covers the following:  purpose, scope of 
application, definitions, abbreviations, classification and description, requirements, sampling, testing methods, labelling, packing and packaging, storage and distribution, 
transport and storage conditions, reference document, monitoring and inspection.  It 
includes annexes. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Protection of human health. G/TBT/N/SLV/103 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
Reglamento Técnico de Mercosur A-1/ 91 SGT  N°3 / REC N° 34/94 "Soluciones 
Parenterales de Gran Volumen" (Mercosur Technical Regulation A-1/91 SGT N°3 / REC 
N° 34/94 "Large Volume Parenteral Solutions "), final version, Montevideo, March 1994. 
Bibliographical references: 
• Glosario de medicamentos:  Desarrollo, Evaluación y Uso (Drugs Glossary: 
Development, Evaluation and Use), PAHO/WHO, Washington D.C., 1999. 
• Uso de los medicamentos en la clínica (The Clinical Use of Drugs), McGraw Hill 
Interamericana, Mexico 1999. 
• Farmacopea de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (Mexican Pharmacopoeia), Seventh 
Edition, Volume I and Volume II, Editorial Comisión Permanente de la Farmacopea de 
los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Mexico 2000. 
• United States Pharmacopoeia.  National Formulary (USP 29 NF 24), 2006. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal 
6 months as from the date of 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 and E-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Ministerio de Economía. Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales 
Edificio C-2  Tercer Nivel Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe Plan Maestro 
San Salvador 
El Salvador  
E-mail:  ezelada@minec.gob.sv Tel.: (+503) 2231 5788 Fax: (+503) 2231 5789  
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) 
Colonia Médica Avenida Dr Emilio Alvarez Pasaje Dr. Guillermo Rodríguez Pacas, #51 Tel.: (+503) 2226 2800 
 (+503) 2235 4191 
Fax: (+503) 2225 6255 Web site:  www.infoq.gob.sv E-mail:  guerrero@conacyt.gob.sv