G/SPS/N/NIC/123  
24 April 2023 
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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) : Musaceae  plant p roducts  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Resolución Ejecutiva No. 005-2023 Declaratoria de 
alerta fitosanitaria y aplicación de medidas fitosanitarias para la prevención de la 
introducción del hongo que provoca la marchitez por fusarium, Fusarium oxysporum  f. 
sp. cubense  raza 4 tropical ( Foc R4) (Executive Resolution No. 005-2023: Declaration of 
phytos anitary alert and implementation of phytosanitary measures to prevent the 
introduction of the banana wilt fungus, Fusarium oxysporum  f. sp. cubense  tropical race 
4 (Foc TR4)) . Language(s) : Spanish . Number of pages : 4 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/NIC/23_9229_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The purposes of this Resolution are to:  
• Declare the Phytosanitary Alert Device for the banana wilt fungus ( Fusarium 
oxysporum  f. sp. cubense  tropical race 4), in accordance with Chapter VI, Article 30 
of Nicaragua Phytosanitary Protection Law No. 1020;  
• Declare the banana wilt fungus ( Fusarium oxysporum  f. sp. cubense  tropical race 4) 
to be a quaran tine pest absent from the national territory, in accordance with 
International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 8: Determination of 
pest status in an area;  
• Strengthen the phytosanitary surveillance system in commercial plantations of 
musaceae  and risk sites to prevent its entry, establishment and spread, and to reduce 
possible negative impacts on national production;  
• Strengthen the phytosanitary diagnostic capacity of laboratories of the Institute for 
Agricultural and Livestock Protection and Health in order to improve the response to 
and timely identification of this pest;  
• Develop and adopt an action plan to strengthen the capacities to prevent, prepare 
for, respond to and recover from the disease known as banana Fusarium wilt, caused 
by the f ungus Fusarium oxysporum  f. sp. cubense  tropical race 4 ( Foc TR4) in 
Nicaragua;  
• Establish the following phytosanitary measures in the national territory to prevent the 
introduction of the banana wilt fungus, Fusarium oxysporum  f. sp. cubense  tropical 
race 4 (Foc TR4):  G/SPS/N/NIC/123  
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  a. Prohibit the importation of host plants, musaceae  plant products or regulated 
articles from countries where Fusarium oxysporum  f. sp. cubense  tropical race 4 
is present;  
b. Allow the importation of musaceae  germplasm produced in vitro from promis ing 
materials in production centres approved by the NPPO of the exporting 
contracting party, subject to a risk assessment, inspection at origin, quarantine, 
and recognition by the NPPOs of the contracting parties;  
c. Passengers, carriers and crew entering the  country must comply with the 
biosecurity measures implemented by the Institute for Agricultural and Livestock 
Protection and Health to prevent the introduction of the fungus Fusarium 
oxysporum  f. sp. cubense  tropical race 4, including through the use of f ixed or 
mobile foot or shoe baths or phytosanitary mats, as the case may be, at points 
of entry and border checkpoints;  
• Other measures set out in Executive Resolution No. 005-2023.  
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. 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:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available : Ley No. 
1020, Ley de protección fitosanitaria de Nicaragua  (Law No. 1020: "Nicaragua 
Phytosanitary Protection Law") (available in Spanish)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 18 January 2 023 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 18 Apr il 2023 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 18 January 2 023 
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if ava ilable) of other body:  
Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria , IPSA (Institute for Agricultural and 
Livestock Protection and Health)  
Santiago Alejandro Rodriguez Perez  
Legal advisor  
Carretera Norte, Paso a desnivel Portezuelo 100 metros al este, 15 0 metros al sur  
Tel.: (+505) 8835 9151  
Email: santiago.rodriguez@ipsa.gob.ni  
Website: http://www.ipsa.gob.ni/  G/SPS/N/NIC/123  
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  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)  
Dirección de Normalización y Metrología  (Directorate of Standardization and Metrology)  
Oficina de Información y Notificación  (Information and Notification Office)  
Kilómetro 6 de Carrera a Masaya, frente a Camino de Oriente  
Tel.: (+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1314, 1320, 1310  
Email:  normalizacion@mific.gob.ni  
 imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
 notificacion@mific.gob.ni  
Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria , IPSA (Institute for Agricultural and 
Livestock Protection and Health)  
Santiago Alejandro Rodriguez Perez  
Legal advisor  
Carretera Norte, Paso a desnivel Portezuelo 100 metros al este, 150 metros al sur  
Tel.: (+505) 8835 9151  
Email: santiago.rodriguez@ipsa.gob.ni  
Website: http://www.ipsa.gob.ni/