. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/PAN/28
29 January 2002
(02-0433)
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:   REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   Not applicable.
In Panama, technical regulations are not prepared by local government; only the
Directorate-General for Standards and Industrial Technology, a central governmentauthority, is so authorized.
2. Agency responsible:  Directorate-General for Standards and Industrial Technology -
DGNTI (responsible for processing notifications).
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):   Agricultural Foodstuffs.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   DGNTI-COPANIT
(Directorate-General for Standards and Industrial Technology - Panamanian Commission
for Industrial and Technical Standards) Technical Regulation No. 65-410-99.  Fresh
Vegetable Products.  Potatoes.  Requirements  (9 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   Definition of the characteristic grades and qualities for marketing
fresh potatoes for human consumption.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human health.
8. Relevant documents:   Panamanian Technical Standard 011.119-1993. Agricultural
Marketing Institute (AMI) Quality Proposal 1995. AMI Potato Grading. Proposal by
Mr Gaudiano.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Immediately upon publication
Proposed date of entry into force:  Immediately
10. Final date for comments:  ImmediatelyG/TBT/N/PAN/28
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body:
Directorate-General for Standards and Industrial Technology (DGNTI)
Avda. Ricardo J. Alfaro / Calle El PaicalEdificio Plaza Edison, 3
rd floor
Tel.: 360-0716
Fax: 360-0721
E-mail: dgnti@mici.gob.pa