G/SPS/N/NIC/95  
24 May 2016  
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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) 
Managua, Nicaragua 
Tel.: (+505) 2270 1089 Email: jorge.rodriguez@ipsa.gob.ni 
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): ICS number 65.080 
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: NTON 11 048 - 16 Insumos agrícolas. Bio insumos y 
sustancias afines. Requisitos de registro  (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard 
(NTON) No. 11 048 - 16: Agricultural inputs. Bio-inputs and related substances. 
Registration requirements) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 9 
6. Description of content: The notified document establishes the requirements governing 
the marketing registration of bio-inputs and related substances used in agriculture. It 
applies to the registration of bio-inputs and related substances that are formulated, produced, imported, marketed and distributed for agricultural use. 
Botanical pesticides, microbiological pesticides and biosolids are excluded from the scope 
of this Standard. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
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? G/SPS/N/NIC/95 
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  [ ] 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. 274, "Ley Básica para la Regulación y Control de Plaguicidas, Sustancias 
Tóxicas, Peligrosas y otras similares" y su Reglamento  (Law No. 274, "Basic Law on the 
regulation and control of pesticides and toxic, hazardous and other similar substances" 
and its implementing regulations) 
 Ley 291, "Ley Básica de Salud Animal y Sanidad Vegetal" y su Reglamento  (Law 
No. 291, "Basic Law on animal and plant health" and its implementing regulations) 
 RTCA 65.05.54:09,  Fertilizantes y Enmiendas de Uso Agrícola. Requisitos para el 
registro  (Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 65.05.54:09, Fertilizers 
and soil conditioners for agricultural use. Registration requirements) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
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) : Six months after publication in Official Journal La Gaceta.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 23 July 2016 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] 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. 1314 or 1313 
Email: imartinez@mific.gob.ni  notificacion@mific.gob.ni 
 normalizacion@mific.gob.ni 
Website: http://www.mific.gob.ni/en-us/s nc/snn/ntcpub/ntoncpub.aspx  
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. 1314 or 1313 
Email: imartinez@mific.gob.ni 
 notificacion@mific.gob.ni  normalizacion@mific.gob.ni Website: http://www.mific.gob.ni/en-us/s nc/snn/ntcpub/ntoncpub.aspx