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3.138. El Salvador's legal framework for sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) has not substantially changed since the most recent trade policy review. This framework is mainly made up of (...)the National Law on Organic Farming, (...)

3.148. The sanitary registration application is processed through the Comprehensive Environmental-Health Information System (SISAM) of MINSAL[Ministry of Health], which is linked to CIEX[Import and Export Processing Centre] (...) and the Regional Sanitary Register Integration System (SIRRS). (...)

3.151. As stated in the previous TPR report, genetically modified foods may be imported into El Salvador, provided that they comply with the provisions of the Special Regulations on the safe handling of genetically modified organisms. [125]
[125] Special Regulations on the Safe Handling of Genetically Modified Organisms, Legislative Decree No. 78 of 1 June 2008.

3.168. (...) At present, the State does not participate in the economy to any great extent, although it continues to play an important role in sectors such as (...) the production of renewable energy through the Hydroelectric Executive Commission of the Río Lempa. (...)

3.187. (...)the Law on the Creation of the National Directorate of Municipal Works (...)created the National Directorate of Municipal Works (DOM), and conferred on it the responsibility for qualifying, approving, contracting and implementing investment projects financed by the General State Budget in the 262 municipalities of El Salvador, as well as issuing rules for this purpose. These projects include infrastructure works and goods, services and consultancy services related to these works, aimed at incentivizing the (...)environmental and tourism activities of municipalities. (...)

4.1. (...)The agricultural sector is a significant source of employment. It is mostly composed of small farms, which have grown in number in recent decades despite a decline in the rural population. [1]
[1] Regional Research Programme on Development and the Environment (PRISMA), El Salvador: Evolución de la agricultura y las estrategias de los pequeños agricultores, San Salvador, 2017. Viewed at: https://www.prisma.org.sv/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/El_Salvador_evolucion_de-_la_agricultura_y_las_estrategias_de_los_pequenos_agricultores.pdf.

4.6. (...)The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) (...)In 2021, the MAG Environmental and Climate Change Office was created to oversee all environmental, agro-climatic risk and climate change management for the sustainable development of the agricultural sector. The MAG's Sectoral Policies and Planning Office (OPPS) continues to be in charge of analysing the sector's economic performance and carrying out diagnostic studies of the domestic and international environment to provide guidance for decision-making and the formulation of sectoral plans and policies.

4.7. The MAG's[The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock] organizational structure also includes the following technical offices: (...) Directorate-General of Forest Management (...)

Table 4.3 Main agricultural sector laws, 2022
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Instrument: Decree No. 844 of 14 April 1994 (last amended on 9 August 2013)
Title: Wildlife Conservation Law
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Table 4.3 Main agricultural sector laws, 2022
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Instrument: Decree No. 35 of 15 April 2009
Title: Special Regulation Governing International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
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