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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NIC/6
14 November 2003
(03-6130)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   NICARAGUA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):
Chapters 6 to 14 of the Central American  Tariff System (SAC):  products and by-
products of plant origin and living organisms for agricultural use
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
5. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical
Standard on the Importation of Products and By-Products of Plant Origin and Living
Organisms for Agricultural 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 to the
country.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [    ] animal health, [    ] plant protection, [  X ]
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[    ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [    ] Office International des Epizooties,
[    ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Nicaraguan
Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 11 006-02 on the Importation of Products and
By-Products of Plant Origin and Living Or ganisms for Agricultural Use (available in
Spanish).
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determinedG/SPS/N/NIC/6
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12. Final date for comments:  60 days after the date of publication of this notification
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Directorate of Technology, Standardization and Metrology (Dirección de Tecnología,
Normalización y Metrología)
Tel.:  (505) 267-0167, Ext. 1032
Fax:  (505) 267-2019
E-mail:  dtnm@mific.gob.ni
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: