271-2011 (COMIECO-LXI) dated December 2, 2011, and its Annex: Approval, by total substitution, of the modifications to the Central American Regulation on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Procedures, be published, which are transcribed below:
RESOLUTION No. 271-2011 (COMIECO-LXI) THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
That in accordance with articles 38, 39 and 55 of the Protocol to the General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration -Protocol of Guatemala-, modified by the Amendment of February 27, 2002, the Council of Ministers of Economic Integration has under its competence the affairs of Central American Economic Integration and, as such, it is responsible for approving the administrative acts of the Economic Subsystem; That through Resolution No. 37-99 (COMIECO-XIII) of September 17, 1999, modified by Resolution No. 87-2002 (COMIECO-XXIII) of August 23, 2002, the Central American Regulation on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Procedures was approved; That at the Meeting of Vice Ministers of Economic Integration, held in San Salvador, El Salvador, on October 14, 2011, a proposal for modification to Annex 2 of Resolution No. 37-99 (COMIECO-XIII) containing the Central American Regulation on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Procedures was reviewed, recommending its approval by the Council of Ministers; That in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 55 of the Protocol of Guatemala, the opinion of the Consultative Committee on Economic Integration was sought,
Based on articles 7, 26, 36, 37, 38, 39, 46 and 55 of the Protocol to the General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration -Protocol of Guatemala-,
1. To approve, by total substitution, the modifications to the Central American Regulation on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Procedures, in the form that appears in the Annex to this Resolution, of which it is an integral part.
2. To repeal, in the pertinent part, Resolution No. 37-99 (COMIECO-XIII) of September 17, 1999, modified by Resolution No. 87-2002 (COMIECO-XXIII) of August 23, 2002, which is also hereby repealed.
3. This Resolution shall enter into force thirty (30) days after the present date and shall be published by the States Parties.
San Salvador, El Salvador, December 2, 2011 The undersigned Secretary General of the Secretariat of Central American Economic Integration (SIECA) CERTIFIES: That the two (2) photocopies preceding this sheet of bond paper, printed only on their front side, as well as the eleven (11) pages of an attached annex, printed only on their front side, initialed and sealed with the seal of SIECA, faithfully reproduce Resolution No. 271-2011 (COMIECO-LXI), adopted by the Council of Ministers of Economic Integration, on December two, two thousand eleven, from whose originals they were reproduced. And for remittance to the States Parties for their corresponding publication, I issue this certified copy in the city of Guatemala, on December five, two thousand eleven.
Central American Regulation on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Procedures