G/TBT/N/NIC/146  
6 June 2016  
(16-3019)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: 
Ministerio de Salud , MINSA (Ministry of Health)  
Dirección General de Regulación Sanitaria  (Directorate-General of Health Regulation) 
Managua, Nicaragua Tel:   (+505) 2289-4717 
Email:  dgrs@minsa.gob.ni   
Ministerio del Trabajo , MITRAB (Ministry of Labour) 
Dirección General de Higiene y Seguridad del Trabajo  (Directorate-General for Occupational 
Safety and Hygiene) 
Managua, Nicaragua 
Email:  fbolaños@mitrab.gob.ni   
Name and address (including telephon e 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 1313 Email:  notificacion@mific.gob.ni ; imartinez@mific.gob.ni ; normalizacion@mific.gob.ni   
Website: http://www.mific.gob.ni/en-us/snc/snn/ntcpub/ntoncpub.aspx  
3. Notified under Arti cle 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):  
International Classification for Standards (ICS) codes 13.280 and 17.240 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  NTON 08 001–16: 
Dosimetría personal. Prestadores de servicios externos. Disposiciones y requisitos técnicos  
(Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 08 001–16: Personal dosimetry. External service suppliers. Technical requirements and provisions) (16 pages, in Spanish).   
6. Description of content:  The notified Standard establishes the administrative and 
technical requirements to be met by suppliers of external personal dosimetry services.  
It applies to all suppliers of external personal dosimetry services in national territory.   
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer protection and human health G/TBT/N/NIC/146 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
 Ley 156 "Ley sobre radiaciones ionizantes"  (Law No. 156, Law on ionizing radiation); 
 Ley 423, "Ley General de Salud"  (Law No. 423, General Law on health); 
 Ley 618, "Ley General de Higiene y Seguridad del Trabajo"  (Law No. 618, General Law 
on occupational safety and hygiene); 
 Reglamento Técnico de Protección contra las Radiaciones Ionizantes, Nicaragua, en su 
versión vigente  (Technical Regulation on protection against ionizing radiation, 
Nicaragua, (current version)); 
 Publication 75 of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP); 
 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standard No. 61066: 
"Thermoluminescence dosimetry systems for personal and environmental monitoring" (current version); 
 International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standard No. 14146: "Radiation 
protection - Criteria and performance limits for the periodic evaluation of processors of 
personal dosemeters for X and gamma radiation" (current version). 
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 the date of notification 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, 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/snc/snn/ntcpub/ntoncpub.aspx