WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/NIC/36
7 October 2003
(03-5260)
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 Transport and Infrastructure
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):  Harmonized System
heading 25.23
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   N i c a r a g u a n
Mandatory Technical Standard on the Manufacture, Use and Handling of Cement
(11 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This Standard applies to all cements marketed in Nicaragua under
the following American Society for Testing and Materials  (ASTM) standards:
• ASTM C 91:  Standard Specification for Masonry Cement
• ASTM C 150:  Standard Specification for Portland Cement
• ASTM C 595:  Standard Specificat ion for Blended Hydraulic Cements
• ASTM C 1157:  Standard Performance Specification for Hydraulic Cement.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Safety.
8. Relevant documents:   Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 12 006-03
on the Manufacture, Use and Handling of Cement.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  January 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 addresses, if available, of other body:
Web site:  http://www.mific.gob.ni/docushare/dscgi/ds.py/View/Collection-174