. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/SLV/73 
18 August 2006 
 (06-3950) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EL SALVADOR  
If applicable, name of local government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  Dirección General de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal, Ministerio de 
Agricultura y Ganadería  (Directorate-General of Plant and Animal Health, Ministry of 
Agriculture and Livestock  
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):  All animal and plant products and by-products  
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:  Decreto Legislativo 
Número 917, del 15 de diciembre de 2005, en el que se introducen reformas a la Ley de 
Sanidad Vegetal y Animal  (Legislative Decree No. 917, of  15 December 2005, introducing 
amendments to the Law on Plant and Animal Health) – Available in Spanish, 2 pages. 
6. Description of content:  Introducing the provisions governing the issuing of standards and 
the establishment of procedures for the entry and transport to and within the national 
territory of plants and animals, the products and by-products thereof, and of machinery and 
inputs for use in agriculture, in order to prev ent the introduction or establishment and spread 
of exotic and quarantine pests and diseases.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests        
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] 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:  None  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Diario Oficial  
(Official Journal) No. 8, Vol. 370, of  12 January 2006 (available in Spanish)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  12 January 2006  G/SPS/N/SLV/73 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  20 January 2006  
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable  
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 Salvador El Salvador Tel.: (503) 2231 5788 Fax: (503) 2231 5789 
Email: ezelada@minec.gob.sv 
or address, telephone and fax num bers, and email and web site addresses, where available, 
of other body 
Dirección General de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal, 
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, Final 1ª. Avenida Norte y Avenida Manuel Gallardo, 
Santa Tecla, 
Departamento de La Libertad, El Salvador Tel.: (503) 2241-1748 Email: lvasquez@mag.gob.sv and rgonzalez@mag.gob.sv