G/TBT/N/NIC/150  
11 January 2017  
(17-0185) 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 Infraes tructura , MTI (Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure)  
Dirección General de Normas de Construcción y Desarrollo Urbano  (General Directorate of 
Standards for Construction and Urban Development)  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505) 2222 7221  
Email:  oscar.escobar@mti.gob.ni ; evert.rivera@mti.gob.ni  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority desi gnated 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 . 1310/1313/1314  
Email:  imartinez@mific.gob.ni ; notificacion@mific.gob.ni ; normalizacion@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 applica ble, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : ICS: 
91.100.10  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : NTON 12 008  - - 
16 Materiales de Construcción . Bloque Hueco y Sólido a B ase de Cemento y Agregados 
Pétreos . Requisitos y Evaluación de la Conformidad  (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical 
Standard (NTON) No. 12 008 - 16: Building materials . Hollow and solid blocks made from 
cement and rock aggregates . Requirements and conformity ass essment) (13 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified text establishes the physical and mechanical 
requirements for hollow and solid cement blocks used in confined and reinforced masonry, 
and the relevant conformity assessment procedures , including sampling and test methods.  
The Standard is applicable to hollow and solid blocks manufactured in and imported into 
the country that are made with hydraulic cement, water and rock aggregates, whether or 
not containing other materials used in the  construction of civil works.  
It should be noted that this Standard  does not apply to special types of blocks or L - and U -
type blocks.  G/TBT/N/NIC/150  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer protection  
8. Relevant d ocuments:  
 ASTM C 90 -16: Standard Specification for Load bearing Concrete Masonry Units  
 ASTM C 140 -08a: Standard Methods of Sampling and Testing Masonry Units  
 ASTM C 33 -16: Standard Specification for Concrete Aggregates  
 ASTM C 150 -07: Standard Specification  for Portland Cement  
 ASTM C 1157 -03: Standard Performance  Specification for Hydraulic Cement  
 ASTM C 1602 -06: Standard Specification for Mixing Water Used in the Production of 
Hydraulic Cement Concrete  
 Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 12 006 - 11: Fabricación, Uso 
y Manejo del Cemento (Manufacture, use and handling of c ement ) (currently being 
updated)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined . 
Proposed date of entry into force : Three months after publication in Official Journal La 
Gaceta. 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of publication of the 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:  
Ministeri o de Fomento ; Industria y Comercio  
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1310/1313/1314  
Email: imartinez@mific.gob.ni ; notificacio n@mific.gob.ni ; normalizacion@mific.gob.ni  
Website:  http://www.mific.gob.ni/en -us/snc/snn/ntcpub/ntoncpub.aspx