In cooperative production associations, at least 75 percent of the total number of partners must be Salvadoran persons. At least 90 percent of the production and recording of any commercial advertisement for use in El Salvador's public communications media must be performed by Salvadorans. Foreign artists will pay the relevant union a performance fee deposit of 10 percent of the gross income to be earned in the country.
No foreign artist or group of artists may perform in the country for more than 30 days consecutively or intermittently within one year from the date of the first performance. Foreign circuses or other similar performances must pay the relevant circus union a performance fee equal to 2.5 percent of the gross income to be earned daily from ticket sales. In the case of public performances involving live participation of artists of any kind, the participation of Salvadoran nationals will be equal to 20 percent of the number of foreigners participating.
At least 51 percent of the equity capital of an enterprise engaged in such goods transportation in El Salvador must be owned by Salvadoran persons. If such capital is owned by a corporation, at least 51 percent of the stock of that corporation must be owned by Salvadoran citizens. Furthermore, an engineering or architectural project is subject to the following requirements:. a) companies organized under Salvadoran law must have an investment in the project equal to at least 40 percent of the value of the project; and.
Concessions for public road transport of passengers for a certain route will be limited, depending on the technical studies of the existing demand.
The construction of filling stations (storage warehouses and decanting equipment essential for the storage, handling, distribution or retail sale of petroleum products) will be approved by the Ministry of Economy through an executive agreement prior to the presentation of a formal request. to the Dirección for Hidrocarburos y Minas, from the Ministry of Economy, by attaching the documents indicated in article 12 of the Ley Reguladora del Deposito, Transporte y Distribución de Productos de Pétroleo and articles 9, 10 of its provisions, and once verified that the information is complete, an on-site inspection will be carried out. The nominal capacity required for each storage tank will be up to 30,000 US gallons; all tanks, equipment and pipes must be new. Construction of tanks for private consumption (warehouses with decanting equipment for the storage and use of gasoline and oils of any kind, fuel or lubricants, exclusively for consumption by enterprises engaged in agriculture, industry, construction, trade, industry and services that consume significant quantities of such products in their operation) must be approved by an executive agreement from the Ministry of Economy before presenting a formal request addressed to the Dirección for Hidrocarburos y Minas, in the Ministry of Economy, with the attachment of the documents specified in Article 12 of the Ley Reguladora del Deposito, Transporte y Distribución de Productos de Pétroleo and articles 9, 10, 16 of its provisions and when it is verified that the information is complete, an inspection will be carried out in the warehouse.
The profession of notary can only be exercised by persons who, in accordance with the law, have been approved by the Supreme Court. Central American citizens who have been authorized to practice law in El Salvador and who have resided in the country for at least two years may also obtain such authorization, provided that they have not been excluded from practicing the profession of notary public in their own country. and Salvadoran nationals can practice the same profession in their country without additional requirements than those established by Salvadoran law. Measures: Ley Reguladora del Ejercicio de la Contaduría, Articles 2, 3 and 4. Description: Investment and cross-border trade in services.
For an enterprise to be authorized to provide public accounting services, the partners, shareholders or principal associates must be citizens of El Salvador and at least one person among the partners, shareholders, associates or administrators must be authorized as a public accountant in El Salvador. . Sector: Professional Services - Obligations of Teachers: National Treatment (Article 11.03) Measures: Constitución de la República, Article 60 Description: Cross-Border Trade in Services. An architect or engineer must be a resident of El Salvador to register with the Registro Nacional.
Planners, builders and electricians must be citizens of El Salvador to be registered with the Registro Nacional. Description: Investments and cross-border trade in services El Salvador reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measures related to the provision of postal services. Description: Investments and cross-border trade in services El Salvador reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure related to the provision of law enforcement and correctional services and the following services, if they are social services established or maintained for the public purpose: income security or insurance, social security services, water supply, social welfare, public education, public training, health and childcare.
Description: Investments and cross-border trade in services El Salvador reserves the right to adopt or maintain measures consistent with the rights or preferences of socially or economically disadvantaged minorities. El Salvador reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measures restricting the transportation of goods by road. Sector: Business services: Professional services Obligations involved: National treatment (Articles 10.03 and 11.03) Most-favoured-nation treatment (Articles 10.04 and 11.04).
Description: Investments and Cross-Border Trade in Services El Salvador reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure relating to professional services that is not inconsistent with its obligations under Article XVI of the General Agreement on Trade in Services. El Salvador reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measures related to cross-border trade in construction services.
