WTO notification · SPS
El SalvadorProposed measure, not in force yet
Salvadoran Technical Regulation RTS 65.02.04:26 Agricultural inputs. Requirements for the registration, production and marketing of certified seed of staple grains
Reglamento Técnico Salvadoreño RTS 65.02.04:26 Insumos Agropecuarios. Requisitos para el registro, producción y comercialización de semilla certificada de granos básicos (Salvadoran Technical Regulation RTS 65.02.04:26 Agricultural inputs. Requirements for the registration, production and marketing of certified seed of staple grains)
El Salvador notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 22 June 2026. The comment period closed on 21 August 2026.
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The comment period closed on 21 August 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/151; it can take them up with El Salvador.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)The notified text establishes requirements for verifying the genetic purity and identity, and physical, physiological and sanitary quality, of certified seed for the production of staple grains (rice, beans, sorghum and maize), through production, processing and marketing oversight.It establishes requirements for the validation and registration of commercial, own-use and experimental varieties.The text also establishes requirements for importers, distributors and suppliers of certified seed for the production of staple grains (rice, beans, sorghum and maize).It applies to all natural and legal persons involved in the production, marketing, importation, processing and validation (commercial use, own use and experimental use) of certified seed for the production of staple grains in national territory.
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