./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/SLV/1
26 March 2001
(01-1476)
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):  1516.10.00 and
1517.10.00
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   "Standard for Edible
Fats and Oils Not Covered by Individual CODEX Standards", eight pages, including cover
page and report, in Spanish.  This Mandatory Standard NSO 67.23.01.01. establishes
requirements for edible fats and oils used in domestic and industrial food preparation.
6. Description of content:   This Technical Regulation consists of:  purpose, scope of
application, definitions, requirements, analysis and sampling, packaging and labelling,references to standards, monitoring and application.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human health by the setting of standards for fats and oils for human
consumption
8. Relevant documents:   NSO 67.23.01.01
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }23 June 2001
10. Final date for comments:   23 May 2001G/TBT/N/SLV/1
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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 Tecnologia, Departamento de normalizacion,
Metrología y Certificación de la calidad, colonia Médica, pasaje Doctor GuillermoR. Pacas, # 51, San Salvador.
Tel.:  (503) 226 2800 and (503) 226 2999
Fax:  (503) 225 6255
E-mail:  cit@conacyt.gob.sv and
Ministerio de Economía, Dirección de Política Comercial, Alameda Juan Pablo IIand calle Guadalupe, Plan Maestro, San Salvador
Tel.:  (503) 221 3578
Fax:  (503) 221 4771