. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/SLV/65 
4 July 2005 
 (05-2903) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EL SALVADOR
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología  (National Science and 
Technology Council) - CONACYT 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Cheese (HS tariff heading 0406)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  NSO 67.01.14:05:   
Estándares de Calidad.  Norma General de Codex para el Queso.  Especificaciones  
(Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO) No. 67.01.14:05:  Quality Standards.  Codex 
General Standard for Cheese.  Specifications) (6 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  This Standard lays down the requirements for the different 
classifications of cheese. 
 It covers the following:  Purpose, Sc ope, Definitions, Essential composition and 
quality factors, Permitted ingredients, Food ad ditives, Contaminants, Hygiene, Labelling, 
Methods of sampling and analysis, Monitoring and inspection.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  CODEX STAN A-6, Rev. 1999, amended 
2003.  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Available in Spanish  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  60 days as from the date of notification  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Six months as from the date of adoption  G/SPS/N/SLV/65 
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 12. Final date for comments:  60 days as from the date of this notification  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (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-mail and Web site addresses, if 
available, of other body:  
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) 
Colonia Médica, Avenida Dr Emilio Alvarez 
Pasaje Dr Guillermo Rodríguez Pacas, No. 51 
San Salvador, El Salvador Tel.: (+503) 2226-2800 Fax: (+503) 2225-6255 Web site: www.conacyt.gob.sv