2.

Agency responsible:

Organismo Salvadoreño de Reglamentación Técnica, OSARTEC (Salvadoran Technical Regulation Agency)

Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 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 Economic Affairs)

Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales (Directorate for the Administration of Trade Agreements)

Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe Plan Maestro, San Salvador Centro, El Salvador

Website: http://www.economia.gob.sv

Telephone: (+503) 2590 5788; Fax: (+503) 2590 5789

Email: [email protected]

3.

Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:

4.

Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Metrology and measurement in general (ICS code: 17.020)

5.

Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Reglamento Técnico Salvadoreño -RTS- 17.03.01:24 ETILÓMETROS UTILIZADOS PARA MEDICIÓN DE ETANOL A TRAVÉS DE AIRE ESPIRADO. REQUISITOS TÉCNICOS, METROLOGÍCOS Y ADMINISTRATIVOS (Salvadoran Technical Regulation (RTS) No. 17.03.01:24: "Alcohol meters used to measure ethanol in exhaled air. Technical, metrological and administrative requirements") (21 pages, in Spanish)

6.

Description of content: The notified Salvadoran Technical Regulation sets out the technical, metrological and administrative requirements to be met by alcohol meters that automatically determine the concentration of ethanol in the blood by measuring its mass concentration in exhaled air, for punitive purposes or otherwise.

It applies to alcohol meters marketed in the country that automatically determine the concentration of ethanol in the blood by measuring its mass concentration in exhaled air, for punitive purposes or otherwise.

7.

Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety

8.

Relevant documents:

·        Ley de Transporte Terrestre, Tránsito y Seguridad Vial;

·        Reglamento General de Tránsito y Seguridad Vial.

·        All of Section 7 (Documentos a Consultar) of the notified Salvadoran Technical Regulation.

9.

Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined

10.

Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

11.

Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone or fax numbers and email 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 Salvador Centro, El Salvador

Website: http://www.economia.gob.sv

Telephone: (+503) 2590 5788; Fax: (+503) 2590 5789

Email: [email protected]

Consejo Nacional de Calidad (National Quality Council)

Organismo Salvadoreño de Reglamentación Técnica (OSARTEC)

Boulevard San Bartolo y Calle Lempa, costado Norte del INCAF, Edificio CNC, San Salvador Este, El Salvador

Website: https://osartec.gob.sv/

Telephone: (+503) 2590 5335; (+503) 2590 5338

Email: [email protected]

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