WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/NIC/42 
11 May 2004 
 (04-2107) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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 the Environment and Natural Resources  
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 app licable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):    
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   Nicaraguan 
Mandatory Technical Standard on the Sust ainable Use of Timber-Yielding Forestry 
Resources in the Mangrove Forests on the Nicaraguan Pacific Coast  (12 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Standard establishes the technical specifications for 
sustainable-use activities in relation to timbe r-yielding forestry resources in the mangrove 
forests on the Nicaraguan Pacific coast.   
 It applies to all natural or legal persons  engaged in the sustainable use of timber-
yielding forestry resources in the mangrove forests in this region. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Plant and environmental protection. 
8. Relevant documents:   Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical  Standard (NTON) No. 05 024-03 
on the Sustainable Use of Timber-Yielding Forestry Resources in the Mangrove Forests on 
the Nicaraguan Pacific Coast. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   June 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 address es, if available, of other body:   
Web site http://www.mific.gob.ni/docus hare/dscgi/ds.py/View/Collection-174 
 
 