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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NIC/8
14 November 2003
(03-6133)
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):
Chapter 3 of the Central American Tariff System (SAC):  Fishery products
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
5. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Technical Standard on Organoleptic
Analyses for Determining the Freshness of Fishery Products  (7 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:  This Standard establishes organoleptic examinations for
determining the freshness category of fishery products.
7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] 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. 03009-98  on Organoleptic Analyses for
Determining the Freshness of Fishery Products  (available in Spanish).
10. Proposed date of adoption:   -
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  14 January 1999
Implementation of the notification procedure was delayed pending the adoption of
Government decisions on the internal organizational infrastructure.G/SPS/N/NIC/8
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12. Final date for comments:
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (MIFIC)
Km 6 carretera a Masaya
Tel.:  (505) 267-0161, ext. 1138
Fax:  (505) 267-2019
E-mail:  nsolano@mific.gob.ni;  luisdinarte@hotmail.com
13. Texts available from: [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (MIFIC)
Km 6 carretera a MasayaTel.:  (505) 267-0161, ext. 1138
Fax:  (505) 267-2019
E-mail:  nsolano@mific.gob.ni;  luisdinarte@hotmail.com