WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/NIC/38
7 October 2003
(03-5254)
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 Ecological An imal Production  (36 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This Standard establishes guidelines on the production,
processing, transport, storage, certification and marketing of ecological animal products.
It applies to ecological animal production, the processing, packaging, marketing,
transport and storage of the products thereof and the research and extension aspects of sucha system.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Animal welfare and health.
8. Relevant documents:   Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) on Ecological
Animal Production.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  January 2004
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:
Web site: http://www.mific.gob.ni/docushare/dscgi/ds.py/View/Collection-174