G/TBT/N/NIC/160  
6 February  2020 
(20-0959) 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 : NICARAGUA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Transporte e Infraestructura , MTI (Ministry of Transport and 
Infrastructure)  
Dirección General de Normas de Construcción  (General Directorate of Standards for 
Construction)  
Tel.: (+505) 2298 0580 or 2222 5200  
Email: oscar.escobar@mti.gob.ni  
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 Fomento, Industria y Comercio  (Ministry of Development, Industry and 
Trade)  
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1314 or 1310  
Email: notificacion@mific.gob.ni ; normalizacion@mific.gob.ni ; imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
Website: http://www.mific.gob.ni/en -us/snc/snn/ntcpub/ntoncpub.aspx  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national  tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Concrete 
setts 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : NTON 12  009 - 
19 Materiales de Construcción . Adoquines de Concreto . Especificaciones y Evaluación de 
la Conformidad (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 12 009 - 19: 
"Construction materials . Concrete setts . Specifications and conformity assessment") 
(20 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:  
• The notif ied Standard establishes the physical and mechanical requirements to be 
met by concrete setts, as well as their classification and the relevant conformity 
assessment procedures, including sampling and test methods.  
• It applies to domestically manufactured a nd imported concrete setts used as 
bearing surfaces in paved areas.  
• Note: This Standard does not apply to setts classified as type three or specially -
designed setts.  G/TBT/N/NIC/160  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
• NTON 12  006 - 11 Fabricación, Uso y Manejo del Cemento  (current version)  
• NTON 28  003 - 18 Designación de Laboratorios en el Ámbito Obligatorio  
• ASTM C33 -16: "Standard Specification for Concrete Aggregates"  
• ASTM C131 -06: "Standard Test Method for Resistance to Degradation of Small -
Size Coarse Aggregate by Abrasion and Impact in the Los An geles Machine" (Test 
method . Determination of resistance to degradation of coarse aggregate with a 
size of up to 37.5 mm (1½ in.) by abrasion and impact in the Los Angeles 
Machine)  
• ASTM C494 : "Standard Specification for Chemical Admixtures for Concrete"  
• ASTM C979 : "Standard Specification for Pigments for Integrally Colored Concrete " 
• ASTM C1602/C1602M -06: "Standard Specification for Mixing Water Used in the 
Production of Hydraulic Cement Concrete"  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determin ed 
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 Fomento, Industria y Comercio  
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1314 or 1310  
Email: notificacion@mific.gob.ni ; normalizacion@mific.gob.ni ; imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
Website: http://www.mific.gob.ni/en -us/snc/snn/ntcpub/ntoncpub.aspx