G/TBT/N/PAN/117  
12 May 2022 
(22-3701) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : PANAMA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio  de Comercio e Industrias  (Ministry of Trade and 
Industry)  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial (Directorate -General for Standards 
and Industrial Technology)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses,  if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial  
Vía Ricardo J. A lfaro, Edific io Plaza Edison, 3er Piso  
Panamá, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 560 0716/(+507) 560 0600, Ext. 5966  
Email: harinadepescadodgnti@mici.gob.pa  
Website : www.mici.gob.pa  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : 65.120  
5. Title,  number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Procedimiento 
para la certificación de la inspección del pre -embarque de las remesas de harina de 
pescado estabilizada, clasificada con la numeración ONU 2216 , clase 9 y grupo de 
embalaje/envase II I (Procedure for the certification of the pre-shipment inspection of 
consignments of fish meal, stabilized, classified under UN 2216, class 9 and packing group 
III) (6 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified procedure applies to domestic and international 
inspection bodies accredited or recognized by the National Accreditation Council of the 
Ministry of Trade and Industry, in accordance with the domestic and international 
regulations in force, as well as the standards of the Inter national Maritime Dangerous 
Goods (IMDG) Code for the certification of the pre -shipment inspection of consignments 
of fish meal, stabilized, classified under UN 2216, class 9 and packing group III, being 
transported by sea from the Republic of Panama, unde r the standards of the IMDG Code 
currently in force.  G/TBT/N/PAN/117  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : To establish the procedure for the certification of the pre -shipment inspection 
of consignments of fish meal, stabil ized, classified under UN 2216, class 9 and packing 
group III, being transported by sea from the Republic of Panama, classified as dangerous 
goods under the IMDG Code currently in force.  
8. Relevant documents:  
MARPOL  Convention, as amended by the 1978 and 1997 Protocol.  
1972 Convention for Safe Containers (CSC).  
IMDG Code - endorsed by the International Maritime Organization.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Upon publication on the Ministry of Trade and Industry 
website  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 3 July 2 022 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial  
Vía Ricardo J. A lfaro, Calle El Paical, Edificio Plaza Edison, 3er Piso  
Panamá, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 560 0716/(+507) 560 0600, Ext. 5968/5967  
Email: harinadepescadodgnti@mici.gob.pa  
Website: http://www.mici.gob.pa  
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