WTO notification · SPS
El SalvadorUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
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Reglamento Técnico Salvadoreño RTS 65.04.01:17 Mataderos. Sacrificio y Faenado de Animales de Abasto. Requisitos Sanitarios (Salvadorian Technical Regulation (RTS) 65.04.01:17: Abattoirs. Slaughter and preparation of animals for the market. Sanitary requirements)
El Salvador issued an addendum on 10 April 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/SLV/129. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 1 October 2018. The comment period closed on 9 June 2026.
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ICS number: 65.040.20
The comment period closed on 9 June 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/SLV/129/Add.2; it can take them up with El Salvador.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Latest notice (G/SPS/N/SLV/129/Add.2, 10 April 2026)
Salvadoran Technical Regulation RTS 65.04.01:26: Abattoirs. Slaughter and preparation of animals for the market. Sanitary requirementsOn 27 October 2023, the Government of the Republic of El Salvador notified, in document G/SPS/N/SLV/129/Add.1, draft Salvadoran Technical Regulation RTS 65.04.01:23: 'Abattoirs. Slaughter and preparation of animals for the market. Sanitary requirements. First Revision', which sought to establish the infrastructural and sanitary requirements to be met by abattoirs
Salvadoran Technical Regulation RTS 65.04.01:26: Abattoirs. Slaughter and preparation of animals for the market. Sanitary requirementsOn 27 October 2023, the Government of the Republic of El Salvador notified, in document G/SPS/N/SLV/129/Add.1, draft Salvadoran Technical Regulation RTS 65.04.01:23: 'Abattoirs. Slaughter and preparation of animals for the market. Sanitary requirements. First Revision', which sought to establish the infrastructural and sanitary requirements to be met by abattoirs engaged in the slaughter, preparation and deboning of animals for the market and the storage and transportation of meat, in order to obtain building and operating authorization.The purpose of the present Addendum is to inform WTO Members that the content of this Salvadoran Technical Regulation has been updated. In the light of foregoing, there will be a period of 60 days for the submission of comments and observations as from the date of notification.
The notified technical regulation establishes the sanitary requirements to be met by abattoirs engaged in the slaughter, preparation and deboning of animals for the market, and the storage and transportation of the resulting products. Abattoirs must meet these requirements in order to obtain start-up and operating authorization. The technical regulation applies to any natural or legal person, owner or operator, whether public, private or semi-public, engaged in the slaughter and preparation of cattle, goats, horses, sheep and other animals for the market that are authorized by the competent national authority.
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AddendumG/SPS/N/SLV/129/Add.2
Comment deadline: Closed on 9 June 2026
Salvadoran Technical Regulation RTS 65.04.01:26: Abattoirs. Slaughter and preparation of animals for the market. Sanitary requirementsOn 27 October 2023, the Government of the Republic of El Salvador notified, in document G/SPS/N/SLV/129/Add.1, draft Salvadoran Technical Regulation RTS 65.04.01:23: 'Abattoirs. Slaughter and preparation of animals for the market. Sanitary requirements. First Revision', which sought to establish the infrastructural and sanitary requirements to be met by abattoirs
Salvadoran Technical Regulation RTS 65.04.01:26: Abattoirs. Slaughter and preparation of animals for the market. Sanitary requirementsOn 27 October 2023, the Government of the Republic of El Salvador notified, in document G/SPS/N/SLV/129/Add.1, draft Salvadoran Technical Regulation RTS 65.04.01:23: 'Abattoirs. Slaughter and preparation of animals for the market. Sanitary requirements. First Revision', which sought to establish the infrastructural and sanitary requirements to be met by abattoirs engaged in the slaughter, preparation and deboning of animals for the market and the storage and transportation of meat, in order to obtain building and operating authorization.The purpose of the present Addendum is to inform WTO Members that the content of this Salvadoran Technical Regulation has been updated. In the light of foregoing, there will be a period of 60 days for the submission of comments and observations as from the date of notification.
AddendumG/SPS/N/SLV/129/Add.1
Salvadorian Technical Regulation (RTS) 65.04.01:23: 'Abattoirs. Slaughter and preparation of animals for the market. Sanitary requirements' On 1 October 2018, the Government of El Salvador notified draft Salvadorian Technical Regulation (RTS) No. 65.04.01:17: 'Abattoirs. Slaughter and preparation of animals for the market. Sanitary requirements' in document G/SPS/N/SLV/129. The objective of the notified Technical Regulation is to establish the sanitary requirements to be met by abattoirs engaged
Salvadorian Technical Regulation (RTS) 65.04.01:23: 'Abattoirs. Slaughter and preparation of animals for the market. Sanitary requirements' On 1 October 2018, the Government of El Salvador notified draft Salvadorian Technical Regulation (RTS) No. 65.04.01:17: 'Abattoirs. Slaughter and preparation of animals for the market. Sanitary requirements' in document G/SPS/N/SLV/129. The objective of the notified Technical Regulation is to establish the sanitary requirements to be met by abattoirs engaged in the slaughter, preparation and deboning of animals for the market, and the storage and transportation of the resulting products. Abattoirs must meet these requirements in order to obtain start-up and operating authorization. This Salvadorian Technical Regulation applies to any natural or legal person, owner or operator, whether public, private or semi-public, engaged in the slaughter and preparation of cattle, goats, horses, sheep and other animals for the market that are authorized by the competent national authority. The purpose of the present Addendum is to notify WTO Members that this Salvadorian Technical Regulation has been updated.
Regular notificationG/SPS/N/SLV/129
Comment deadline: Closed on 30 November 2018
Reglamento Técnico Salvadoreño RTS 65.04.01:17 Mataderos. Sacrificio y Faenado de Animales de Abasto. Requisitos Sanitarios (Salvadorian Technical Regulation (RTS) 65.04.01:17: Abattoirs. Slaughter and preparation of animals for the market. Sanitary requirements)
The notified technical regulation establishes the sanitary requirements to be met by abattoirs engaged in the slaughter, preparation and deboning of animals for the market, and the storage and transportation of the resulting products. Abattoirs must meet these requirements in order to obtain start-up and operating authorization. The technical regulation applies to any natural or legal person, owner or operator, whether public, private or semi-public, engaged in the slaughter and preparation of cattle, goats, horses, sheep and other animals for the market that are authorized by the competent national authority.
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