. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/PAN/17
29 January 2002
(02-0436)
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):   Food products.  Grain.
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. 49-490-01.  Processed Grain
and Cereals.  Panamanian Corn Patties  (7 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:  Defines the technical and sanitary characteristics required of corn
patties and their packaging, labelling, transport, sampling and inspection.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human health.
8. Relevant documents:  Central American Institute for Research and Industrial Technology
(ICAITI) standard on wheat flour; DGNTI-COPANIT Regulation No. 394 on grain corn;
Ministry of Health (MINSA) Law No. 256/ 62 and Decrees Nos. 65 and 1195; Pan-
American Sanitary Bureau (PASB) and Guatemalan Standards Commission (COGUANOR)
sanitary and technical standards.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Immediately upon publication
Proposed date of entry into force:  Immediately
10. Final date for comments:  ImmediatelyG/TBT/N/PAN/17
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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