G/TBT/N/PAN/95  
1 February  2018 
(18-0713) 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) : Not 
applicable . In Panama, technical regulations are not prepared by local government ; only 
the Directorate -General for Standards and Industrial Technology, a National 
Standardization Body, is so authorized.  
2. Agency responsible:  
Dirección  General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial (Directorate -General for Standards 
and Industrial Technology), Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias (Ministry of Trade and 
Industry)  
Ave Ricardo J. A lfaro y calle El Paical, Edificio Plaza Edison, 3er Piso, Panama  
Tel.: (507) 560 -0600/0716, Ext.5963/5966  
Email: jgallardo@mici.gob.pa /earias@mici.gob.pa  
Website : http://www.mici.gob.pa/  
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:   
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : 67,160  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Reglamento 
Técnico DGNTI -COPANIT 2 1-2018, Agua Potable . (Technical Regulation DGNTI -COPANIT 
21-2018, Drinking Water) . Definiciones y Requisitos Generales  (Definitions and General 
Requirements ) (17 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : Purpose and scope, documents for national consultation, 
definitions, requirements, conformity assessment, monitoring and control, liability of 
providers, sampling programme, sampling and testing, determination of sampling points, 
mandatory nature of the analyses  and compliance criteria, additional  sampling, exceptional 
authorizations, risk management,  service providers registration and information, frequency 
of sampling  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The purpose of this Technical Regulation i s to establish the  physical, chemical, 
biological and radiological requirements for drinking water . The Regulation applies to water 
supply systems in urban as well as rural areas.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 Decree Law No. 2 of 7 January 1 997 
 Resolution JD -3286 of 2 2 April 2 002 G/TBT/N/PAN/95  
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   Resolution 507 of 3 0 December 2 003 
 Resolution AN 1480 -Agua, of 1 5 February 2 008 
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months after publication in the Official Journal  
10. Final date for comments : 22 March 2 018 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial  
Ave. Ricardo J. A lfaro y calle El Paical, Edif . Plaza Edison, 3er Piso, Panamá, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0600/0716, Ext.5963/5966  
Email: jgallardo@mici.gob.pa /earias@mici.gob.pa  
Website : http://www.mici.gob.pa/  
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