G/TBT/N/PAN/120  
14 June 2022 
(22-4622) 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) (responsible for processing notifications)  
Name and address (including telephone a nd 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 Tecnolo gía Industrial  (DGNTI ) 
Vía Ricardo J. Alfaro Edificio Plaza Edison, 3er Piso  
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0716, 560 -0600, Ext. 5968  
Email: dgnti@mici.gob.pa  
mortega@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): Grains and 
cereals. Milled rice - (ICS: 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified documen t: REGLAMENTO 
TÉCNICO DGNTI -COPANIT 75 -2022 GRANOS Y CEREALES. ARROZ. ARROZ PILADO 
BLANCO FORTIFICADO  (Technical Regulation DGNTI -COPANIT 75 -2022: Grains and 
cereals. Rice. Fortified and milled white rice) (11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:  Purpose; Scope of application; Standards to be consulted; 
Definitions; Abbreviations; Fortification; Classification; Designation; Requirements; 
Sampling; Test methods; Packaging and labelling; General conditions; Conformity 
assessment procedures for domes tic products; Conformity assessment procedures for 
imported products; Reference documents.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The purpose of this Technical Regulation is to establish definitions, 
classifi cation, requirements and fortification levels for the marketing of fortified and milled 
white rice ( Oryza sativa ). 
8. Relevant documents:  
- CODEX STAN 1 -1985, General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods.  G/TBT/N/PAN/120  
- 2 - 
  - CODEX STAN 198 -1995, Codex Standard for Rice.  
- Resultados del Análisis de la Calidad de Arroz en Cáscara , Agricultural Marketing 
Institute (IMA) , 2020.  
- Evaluación de Calidad de Arroz en Cáscara Nacional , IMA , 13-02-2020.  
- Resultados de Análisis  de la Calidad del Arroz , Authority for Protection of the Consumer 
and Defence of Competition (ACODECO) , 18-08-2020.  
- Evaluación de Arroz en Cáscara Naciona l, IMA , 2021-2022. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into forc e: To be determined  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification  
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 (DGNTI).  
Vía Ricardo J. Alfaro Edificio Plaza Edison, 3er Piso  
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0716, 560 -0600, Ext. 5968  
Email: dgnti@mici.gob.pa  
mortega@mici.gob.pa  
Website: www.mici.gob.pa  
https://mici.gob.pa/normalizacion -tecnica/consulta -publica  
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