G/TBT/N/PAN/118  
13 June 2022 
(22-4580) 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, Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial 
(encargado de dar trámite a la notificación) (Ministry of Trade and Industry, Directorate -
General for Standards and Industrial Technology) (responsible for processing 
notifications))  
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 Come rcio e Industrias  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial (DGNTI)  
Vía Ricardo J. A lfaro 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) : Paddy rice 
(ICS 67 .060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : REGLAMENTO 
TÉCNICO DG NTI-COPA NIT 74 -2022, GRANOS Y CEREALES . ARROZ . ARROZ CÁSCARA  
(Technical Regulation DGNTI -COPA NIT 74 -2022: Grains and cereals . Rice. Paddy rice) (7 
pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : Purpose ; Scope of application ; Standards to be consulted ; 
Definitions ; Categorization ; Classification ; Designation ; Requirements ; Sampling ; 
Packaging and labelling ; General conditions ; Reference documents.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The purpos e of the notified Technical Regulation is to establish the 
terminology, characteristics and qualities of paddy rice for commercial transactions.  
8. Relevant documents:  
- Norma Técnica DGNTI - COPA NIT 402 -2022 Granos y Cereales . Arroz. Métodos de 
Ensayo, Análisis y Toma de Muestras.  
- Propuesta de Norma de Calidad para la comercialización de Arroz . Elaborado . IMA 1995 . G/TBT/N/PAN/118  
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  - Resultados del Análisis de la Calidad de Arroz en Cáscara, IMA 2020  
- Evaluación de Calidad de Arroz en Cáscara Nacional - IMA -13-02-2020 
- Resultados de Análisis de la Calidad del Arroz - ACODECO - 18-08-2020 
- Evaluación de Calidad de Arroz en Cáscara Nacional - IMA 2021 -2022 
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 [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. A lfaro 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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