 
. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NIC/26 
17 February 2004 
 
 (04-0663) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Vegetable products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 Members  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  NTON 11002-01 
Technical Standard for Phytosanitary Certifi cation of Vegetable Products and By-Products 
and Fresh Fruit (10 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  Establishes the procedures for phytosanitary certification of 
exports and imports of vegetable pr oducts and by-products and fresh fruit.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [  X ] 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,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] 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:  NTON 11002-01 
Technical Standard for Phytosanitary Certifi cation of Vegetable Products and By-Products 
and Fresh Fruit (in Spanish).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  60 days after publication.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  27 February 2002.  Implementation of the notification 
was delayed pending the adoption of government  decisions on the internal organizational 
infrastructure.  G/SPS/N/NIC/26 
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 12. Final date for comments:        
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
MIFIC, Km 6 carretera a Masaya, Tel.: (5 05) 2670161, ext. 1048.  Fax:  (505) 2672019. 
E-mail:  nsolano@mific.gob.ni
 
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Kilómetro 3 ½ carretera a Masaya 
Managua Nicaragua Fax:  (505) 278-5042 or 270-9972 
E-mail:  dgpsa@alfanumeric.com.ni
;  luisdinarte@hotmail.com  
 