. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/NIC/20
15 August 2003
(03-4256)
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):
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Nicaraguan
Mandatory Technical Standard on Certification of the Production and Marketing of Root
and Tuber Seeds  (63 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This Technical Standard establishes the provisions, requirements
and procedures governing the production, certification, marketing, export and import of
seeds for sowing of roots and tubers, e.g., potato, ginger, quequeishque , manioc (cassava)
and yam. Fortified seeds must meet the requirements set out in Chapter 7 of Nicaraguan
Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 11 005-02 on the Production and Marketing ofCertified Staple Grain and Soya Seeds, as well as the specific requirements for each
individual crop.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Plant protection.
8. Relevant documents:   Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 11 008-02
on Certification of the Production and Marketing of Root and Tuber Seeds.
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.G/TBT/N/NIC/20
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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:
Web site:  www.mific.gob.ni/dtnm/idex.htm   (Standards catalogue / Standards for public
consultation)