G/SPS/N/NIC/90  
8 June 2015  
(15-2966)  Page: 1/2  
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 num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): HS code 0602.10.00: Sugar cane cuttings  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X] Specific regions or countries: Colombia  
5. Title of the notified document: Resolución 001-15 ARP-IPSA, Establecimiento de 
Requisitos Fitosanitarios para la Importación de Esquejes de Caña de Azúcar Procedentes de Colombia (Resolution 001-15 ARP-IPSA: Phytosanitary requirements for the importation 
of sugar cane cuttings from Colombia) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 2  
6. Description of content: This document establishes phytosanitary requirements for the 
importation of sugar cane cuttings ( Saccharum officinarum L.) from Colombia. 
In order to enter the country, consignments must be covered by an original phytosanitary 
certificate from the country of origin, which contains an additional declaration stating the following: 
- that the product comes from a production site free of Xanthomonas axonopodis  pv. 
 
vasculorum  and Maconellicoccus hirsutus ; 
- that the seed material (cuttings) has been treated, in its place of origin, with hot water at 
50°C for 20 minutes; and 
- that the product has been treated with captan-carboxin (3 g L-1) and chlorpyrifos 
(2 g L-1). 
The shipment or consignment must be free of soil particles and any form of plant residue. 
Upon their entry into the country, the cuttings must undergo inspection, sampling and 
laboratory analysis to determine the presence or absence of the pests. 
Shipments will be subject to phytosanitary control by plant quarantine inspectors from the 
Institute for Agricultural and Livestock Protection, who will verify compliance with the 
phytosanitary requirements and decide whether or not to authorize importation, on the basis of the accompanying documents. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal heal th, [X] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/NIC/90 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard? 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. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM 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: Análisis 
de Riesgo de Xanthomonas axonopodis pv.  vasculorum y Maconellicoccus hirsutus, ARP por 
plaga  (Phytosanitary risk analysis for each pest, updated to May 2015) (available in 
Spanish) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 June 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 1 June 2015 
[ ] 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 hand le 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 
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya Managua, Nicaragua Tel.: (+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 2230 or 2238 
Email: normalizacion@mific.gob.ni; 
 imartinez@mific.gob.ni Website: http://www.mific.gob.ni/en- us/snc/snn/ntcpub/ntoncpub.aspx 
Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria (IPSA) 
Managua, Nicaragua Tel.: (+505) 2270 1089 
Email: jorge.rodriguez@ipsa.gob.ni