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DECEMBER No. 662

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE SALVADOR,

CONSIDERING:

I.- That on 21 May 2003, the WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control was adopted by the 56th World Assembly of the World Health Organization.

II.- That on 18 March 2004, the above-mentioned Convention was signed, which was approved by Executive Agreement No. 280/2014 of 28 February 2014, and submitted for consideration by this Legislative Assembly for inclusion in the Salvadoran legal system, in force and positive.

III.- That such an instrument contains no provision contrary to the Constitution, and its ratification is appropriate.

TANTO,

in use of the authority established in Art. 131, ordinal 7th of the Constitution in relation to Art. Juan Luis, Juan de Flores, Juan de San Francisco, Juan de San Francisco,

RIGHT:

Art. 1.- The WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control, signed by the Government of the Republic of El Salvador on 18 March 2004 and approved by the Executive Body, was amended by Agreement No. 280/2014 of 28 February 2014, which consists of a preamble and thirty-eight articles.

Art. 2.- This Decree shall enter into force eight days after its publication in the Official Gazette.

DADO en EL SALON AZUL DEL PALACIO LEGISLATIVE: San Salvador, on the nine days of April of the year two thousand fourteen.

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OTHON SIGFRIDO MORALES, PRESIDENT.

ENRIQUE ALBERTO LUIS VALDES SOTO, GUILLERMO ANTONIO GALLEGOS NAVARRETE, FIRST VICEPRESIDENT. SECOND VICEPRESIDENT.

JOSE FRANCISCO MERINO LOPEZ, FRANCISCO ROBERTO LORENZANA DURAN, TERCER VICEPRESIDENT. VICEPRESIDENT FOURTH.

CARLOS ARMANDO REYES RAMOS, QUINTO VICEPRESIDENT.

LORENA GUADALUPE PEÑA MENDOZA, MANUEL VICENTE MENJIVAR ESQUIVEL, FIRST SECRETARIAT. SECOND SECRETARY.

SANDRA MARLENE SALGADO GARCIA, JOSE RAFAEL MACHUCA ZELAYA, TERCERA SECRETARIA. SECRETARY FOURTH.

IRMA LOURDES PALACIOS VASQUEZ, ERNESTO ANGULO MILLA, QUINTA SECRETARIA. SECRETARY SIX.

FRANCISCO JOSE ZABLAH SAFIE, JOSE SERAFIN ORANTES RODRIGUEZ, SEPTIMO SECRETARIO. OCTAVO SECRETARY.

CASA PRESIDENCIAL: San Salvador, on the twenty-four days of April of the year two thousand fourteen.

PUBLIQUESE,

Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena, President of the Republic.

Juan José David García Vásquez, Vice Minister for the Salvadorans in the Outside, in charge of the Office.

D. O. No 76 Volume No. 403 Date: April 29, 2014

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