. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SLV/141 
3 May 2010 
 (10-2395) 
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) 
Colonia Medica, Ave. Dr Emilio Álvarez  Pasaje Dr Guillermo Rodriguez Pacas n°51  San Salvador, El Salvador, Central America 
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:  
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 65.020.20. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NSO RTCA 
65.05.53:10:  Insumos Agropecuarios.  Requi sitos para producción y comercialización de 
semilla certificada de granos básicos y soya (Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO) / 
Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA)  No. 65.05.53:10:  "Agricultural inputs.  
Requirements for the production and marketing of certified staple grain and soya seeds") (22 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Regulation seeks to lay down the field and laboratory 
requirements, procedures and standards appli cable to the production and marketing of 
certified staple grain (rice, beans, sorghum, co rn) and soya seeds.  It applies to foundation 
(or basic), registered and certified seed of rice,  beans, sorghum, corn and soya intended for 
production and marketing in Central American countries. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of plant health. G/TBT/N/SLV/141 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• International Rules for Seed Testing (International Seed Testing Association, ISTA); 
• Proyecto regional de estandarización de políticas y regulaciones en semillas 
(OIRSA-BM) (Regional project for the standardization of policies and regulations on 
seeds, Regional International Organization for Plant Protection and Animal Health (OIRSA) and the World Bank); 
• Genetic and Crop Standards  (Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies, 
AOSCA). 
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 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 
Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe Plan Maestro, San Salv ador, El Salvador 
Tel.: +(503) 2247-5788 Fax: +(503) 2247-5789 
E-mail: ezelada@minec.gob.sv 
 
or address, telephone and fax numbers and E- mail and website addresses, if available, 
of other body:  
 
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) 
Colonia Médica, Avenida Dr Emilio Alvarez  
Pasaje Dr Guillermo Rodríguez Pacas #51  San Salvador, El Salvador Tel.: +(503) 226-2800 Fax: +(503) 225-6255 
Website: http://www.conacyt.gob.sv/
 
For further information, please contact Italo Mejia 
Tel.: +(503) 2234-8416 E-mail: imejia@conacyt.gob.sv  evanegas@conacyt.gob.sv 
Text available online at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/tbt/slv/10_1816_00_s.pdf