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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NIC/15
19 November 2003
(03-6175)
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):
Animal 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:  Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical
Standard (NTON) No. 03043-03 on Ecological Animal Production  (36 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:  This Standard establishes guidelines on the production, processing,
transport, storage, certification and marketing of ecological animal products.
It applies to ecological animal production, the processing, packaging, marketing,
transport and storage of the products thereof and the research and extension aspects of such a
system.
7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [  X ] 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. 03043-03 on Ecological Animal Production
(available in Spanish).
10. Proposed date of adoption:   December 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  January 2004G/SPS/N/NIC/15
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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
Web site:  http://www.mific.gob.ni/docushare/dscgi/ds.py/View/Collection-174
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 Masaya
Tel.:  (505) 267-0161, ext. 1138
Fax:  (505) 267-2019
E-mail:  nsolano@mific.gob.ni
Web site:  http://www.mific.gob.ni/docushare/dscgi/ds.py/View/Collection-174