G/TBT/N/PAN/125  
24 January  2023 
(23-0572) 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)  
Vía Ricardo J. A lfaro, Calle El Paical, Edificio Plaza Edison, 3er Piso  
Panamá, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0716/(+507) 560 -0600, Ext. 5965  
Email: TLau@mici.gob.pa  
Website: www.mici.gob.pa  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and websit e 
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 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 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) : Single-
use plastic products : Plastic ear swabs, plastic laundry covers, plastic egg cartons, 
disposable plastic stirrers, plastic balloon holders, plastic toothpicks, plastic drinking 
straws, plastic cocktail sticks, plastic candy sticks, plastic can rings and disposable plastic 
plates.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Procedimiento 
de Evaluación de la Conformidad para la comercialización e importación de los artículos 
dispuestos en el artículo 8 de la Ley N°187 de 2 de diciembre de 2020  (Conformity 
assessment procedure for the marketing and importation of the items provide d for in 
Article 8 of Law No. 187 of 2 December 2 020) (4 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : Procedure for imported products ; procedure for domestic 
products.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Environment  
8. Relevant documents:  
Law No. 187 of 2 December 2 020 regulating the reduction and gradual replacement of 
single -use plastics, which seeks  to establish the regulatory framework governing single -
use plastic products in national territory, as part of the State's public environmental 
policy.  G/TBT/N/PAN/125  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias  (Ministry of Trade and Industry)  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología  Industrial (Directorate -General for Standards 
and Industrial Technology)  
Vía Ricardo J. A lfaro, Calle El Paical, Edificio Plaza Edison, 3er Piso  
Panamá, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0716/(+507) 560 -0600, Ext. 5965  
Email: TLau@mici.gob.pa  
Website: www.mici.gob.pa  
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