. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SLV/81 
17 March 2006 
 (06-1249) 
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 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 
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Sewage water 
(International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 13.060) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NSO 13.49.01:06:  
"Agua. Aguas residuales descargadas a un cuerpo receptor"   (Salvadoran Mandatory 
Standard (NSO) No. 13.49.01:06:  Water. Wastewater discharged into a receiver)  
(15 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   This Standard covers the following:  purpose, scope of 
application, definitions, abbr eviations, requirements, methods of analysis, reference 
document, enforcement and verification, and bibliographic index. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Protection of human health and the environment. 
 
   
 
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  8. Relevant documents:    
 
 This Standard does not corres pond to any international standard ..  
 Propuesta de Norma de las Aguas Residuales Descargadas a un Cuerpo Receptor  
(Draft Standard on Wastewater discharge d into a receiver), El Salvador, 1996. 
 Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social (Ministry of Public Health and 
Social Welfare):  Análisis del impacto de estableci miento de normas de vertidos y 
tratamiento de aguas residuales en las tarifas de  disposición final y tratamiento para el 
subsector de agua potable y alcantarillado   (Analysis of the impact of setting standards 
relating to wastewater discharge and treatment  on final supply and treatment rates for the 
drinking water and sewage subsector). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    60 days as from the date of notification 
Six 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 ], 
Ministerio de Economía 
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales 
Edificio C-2, Tercer Nivel 
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 Técnología (CONACYT) 
Colonia Médica, Avenida Dr. Emilio Alvarez Pasaje Dr. Guillermo Rodríguez Pacas, 51 
San Salvador, El Salvador 
Tel.: (+503) 2226-2800 Fax: (+503) 2225-6255 Web site ::    www.conacyt.gob.sv