G/SPS/N/NIC/116  
27 March  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) : Products and by -products of plant origin for exportation  
4. Regions or countries like ly to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : NTON 11  050-18 Medidas fitosanitarias . Productos y 
sub productos de origen vegetal para exportación . Certificación fitosanitaria.  (Nicaraguan 
Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 11 050-18: Phytosanitary measures . Products 
and by -products of plant origin for exportation . Phytosanitary certification) 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 10 
6. Description of content : The notified technical standard sets out technical guidelines and 
requirements for the phytosanitary certification of products and by -products of plant 
origin that are to be exported.  
It applies to natural and legal persons requiring phytosanitary certification for products 
and by -products of plant origin that are to be exported.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [ ] 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. I SPM 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/116  
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available :  
Directriz Sanitaria y Fitosanitaria Centroamericana para facilitar el comercio de envíos y  
mercancías , approved by COMIECO Resolution No. 338-2014.  
Listado de productos y subproductos de origen vegetal que por su naturaleza quedan 
eximidos de la autorización de importación y del certificado fitosanitario de exportación 
pudiendo ser sujetos de inspección dentro del territorio de los estados parte de la unión 
aduanera , approved by COMIECO Resolution No. 175-2006.  
− International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 12: Guidelines for 
phytosanitary certificates (current version)  
− ISPM No. 23: Guidelines for inspection (current version)  
− ISPM No. 31: Methodologies for sampling of consignments (current version)  
− ISPM No. 32: Categorization of commodities according to their pest risk  
− Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTO N) No. 11 013 -16: Medidas 
fitosanitarias . Embalaje de madera  (current version)  
− NTON No. 17002 -02: Procedimientos para muestreo de productos vegetales  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 14 August 2 019 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 28 February 2 020 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [X] Six months from date of publication, 
and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): 28 August 2 020 
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [ ]  Sixty days from th e date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
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  (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  
Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria (IPSA)  
Km 5½ Carretera Norte, contiguo a ENACAL Portezuelo  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505) 2298 1330  
       (+505) 2298 1349  
Email: santiago.rodriguez@ipsa.gob.ni