. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/SLV/13
22 October 2002
(02-5764)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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:   National Science and Technology Council
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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:
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):
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Quality standards
applicable to coffee for the domestic and international market.
6. Description of content:  8 pages, in Spanish.  Mandatory Standard NSO 67.31.01.02,
establishing the characteristics and specifications for domestic and international marketing
of "café oro".
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Object, scope, definitions, classification and designation, classification of coffee for export
or import, minimum standards for domestic consumption, packaging and labelling,sampling, analysis of samples, technical and regulatory documentation, surveillance and
verification.
8. Relevant documents:
• Nicaraguan Technical Regulation.  Green coffee. Specifications.
• Peruvian Technical Regulation.  Green coffee. Requirements.
• Coffee Quality Improvement Programme.  ICO Resolution No. 407, February 2002.
• Export Regulations of the Salvadoran Coffee Board.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Three months counted from the date of notification.
Proposed date of entry into force:  Six months counted from the date of publication in the
Official Bulletin.
10. Final date for comments:   60 days counted from the date of notification.G/TBT/N/SLV/13
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
Departamento de Normalización
Metrología y Certificación de la CalidadColonia Médica, Pasaje Doctor Guillermo R.
Pacas, # 51, San Salvador
Tel.:  +(503) 226-2800 and +(503) 226-2999
Fax:  +(503) 281-0541