WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/NIC/22
15 August 2003
(03-4257)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   NICARAGUA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Chapters 6 to 14 of the
Central American Tariff System (SAC)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Nicaraguan
Mandatory Technical Standard on the Importation of Products and By-Products of Plant
Origin and Living Organisms for Agricu ltural Use  (14 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This Technical Standard establishes the requirements and
phytosanitary regulations for the importation into Nicaragua of products and by-products of
plant origin and living organisms for agricultural use in order to prevent the introduction of
pests of economic importance and quarantine pests which could cause economic injury tothe country.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Health and consumer protection.
8. Relevant documents:   Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Performance Standard (NTON)
No. 11 006-02 on the Importation of Products and By-Products of Plant Origin and Living
Organism for Agricultural Use.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined.
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after publication of this notification.
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body: