G/SPS/N/NIC/112  
4 February  2020 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : NICARAGUA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria , IPSA (Institute for 
Agricultural and Livestock Protection and Health)  
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) : Coffee propagation material  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the ext ent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : NTON 11  045 19 Material de Propagación . Café. 
Certificación Oficial  (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 11 045 19 : 
"Propagation material . Coffee. Official certification" ) Language(s) : Spanis h Number of 
pages : 19 
6. Description of content : The notified document establishes the technical guidelines and 
requirements for official certification of coffee propagation material.  
It applies to the certification process for coffee propagation material for research, 
production , packaging and marketing.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ 
] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM No. ): 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/NIC/112  
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
− NTON 11  017-06/RTCA 65 .05.34:06 Registro de Variedades Comerciales  (current 
version).  
− Acuerdo Ministerial 187 -2016, Delimitación de área para el cultivo y procesamiento 
de café Robusta Coffea canephora, publicado en la Gaceta N0. 230 del 06 de 
diciembre de 2016.  
− NTON 11  005-02 Norma general para la importación de productos y subproductos 
de origen vegetal y organismos vivos de uso agrícola.  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
Propo sed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): To be determined  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): 4 April 2 020 (60 days from the date of publication 
of the notification)  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Addre ss, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio  (Ministry of Development, Industry and 
Trade)  
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505) 2248 -9300, Ext. 1314 or 1311  
Email : notificacion@mific.gob.ni;  normalización@mific.gob.ni;  imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio  
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505) 2248 -9300, Ext. 1314 or 1311  
Email : notificacion@mific.gob.ni;  normalización@mific.gob.ni;  imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
 
Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria  (IPSA)  
Address : Km 5½ Carretera Norte, contiguo a ENACAL Portezuelo,  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505) 2298 1330/2981 330/2298 1349  
Email : santiago.rodriguez@ipsa.gob.ni