WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/NIC/2
30 January 2001
(01-0479)
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, 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:   Contact point
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [     ], 2.10.1 [ X ], 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):           
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Technical Standards
for Dried Onions (6 pages, Spanish).
6. Description of content:   Specifications to be met by dried onions for purposes of marketing
and consumption (domestic and imported) after being put up for supply to the consumer.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Health.
8. Relevant documents:   NTON 12 001-00
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }March 2001
10. Final date for comments:   March 2001
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:           
Note: Implementation of the notification pr ocedure was delayed pending the adoption of
Government decisions on the internal organizational infrastructure.