G/SPS/N/NIC/94  
30 November 2015  
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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) 
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: 01.02 Cattle production 
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: Resolución Ejecutiva No 016- 2015 Creación del Sistema 
Segregado de Producción Bovina (Executive Resolution No. 016-2015 establishing the Separate Cattle Production System) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 2 
6. Description of content: The notified document creates the framework for the 
establishment of the "Separate Cattle Production System" applicable to all livestock farms, 
livestock transportation enterprises and industrial establishments that must meet the 
requirements set and approved by the competen t authority, for the exportation of bovine 
meat and bovine meat products to wealthier markets. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] 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? 
[ ] Yes [ ] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/NIC/94 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
 Acuerdo Ministerial No. 001-2009 y Acuerdo Ministerial No. 003-2009 creando el 
Programa Nacional de Trazabilidad Agroalimentaria que estará integrado por diferentes 
Subprogramas (Ministerial Decision No. 001-2009 and Ministerial Decision No. 003-
2009 establishing the National Agriculture and Food Trac eability Pr ogramme which will 
comprise various sub-programmes) 
 NTON 11 027 11 Bienestar de los Bovinos en Establecimientos Rurales o Fincas 
(Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 11 027 11: Welfare of cattle in rural establishments and on farms) 
 NTON 11 035 11 Bienestar de los Bovinos en Establecimientos Industriales (Nicaraguan 
Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 11 035 11: Welfare of cattle in industrial establishments) 
 NTON 11 026 10 Sistema de Registro e Identificación de los Animales Bovinos en 
Producción Primaria, Transporte e Industrialización (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical 
Standard (NTON) No. 11 026 10: Registration and identification system for bovine animals during primary production, transport and processing) 
 Ley N° 291 - Ley Básica de Salud Animal y Sanidad Vegetal  (Law No. 291 - Basic law 
on animal and plant health) 
(available in Spanish) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 11 November 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 17 November 2015 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : As from 11 November 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) 2 270-1089 
Email:  jorge.rodriguez@ipsa.gob.ni