WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/NIC/12
5 November 2002
(02-6083)
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 Plant Product Sampling  (15 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   The aim of this Standard is to establish the procedures for taking
and preparing samples of plant products in order to conduct phytosanitary analyses for
certification purposes.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Plant protection.
8. Relevant documents:   Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard NTON 17 002-02.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  November 2002
10. Final date for comments:
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/index.htm (Standards catalogue / Standards for public
consultation).