G/TBT/N/NIC/139  
 
20 August 2014  
(14-4798)  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 Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales  (Ministry of the Environment and 
Natural Resources) 
Managua, Nicaragua 
Tel.: (+505) 2270-1089 Email: dgpsa@dgpsa.gob.ni  
Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria (Institute for Agricultural and Livestock 
Protection and Health) 
Managua, Nicaragua Tel.: (+505) 2233-4455 
Email: hespinoza@marena.gob.ni  
Ministerio de Salud  (Ministry of Health) 
Dirección de Regulación de Alimentos  (Directorate of Food Regulation) 
Tel./Fax: 289-4717 or 289-4700, Ext. 115 
Email: dra@minsa.gob.ni  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority design ated 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. 2230 or 2238 
Email:  nsolano@mific.gob.ni ; imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
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 provid ed in addition, where applicable):   
International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 13.030.20 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NTON 11 044-
14: Biosólidos para uso en la producción agropecuaria y forestal. Requisitos y niveles 
máximos permisibles (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 11 044-14: 
Biosolids for use in agricultural and forestry production. Requirements and maximum permissible levels). G/TBT/N/NIC/139 
 
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6. Description of content:  The notified regulation establishes the technical specifications, 
requirements and maximum permissible contam inant levels for biosolids from municipal 
waste water treatment plants that are destin ed for agricultural and forestry use. It 
applies to natural and legal persons that generate biosolids from municipal waste water treatment plants for use as soil conditioners, substrate mixtures and/or nutritional 
supplements in agricultural and forestry production units, whether conventional, organic 
or in transition. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   Plant protection and protection of human health against diseases caused by 
plants. 
8. Relevant documents:   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).  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined 
Six months after publication in the 
Official Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses,  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 2209 
Email:  nsolano@mific.gob.ni ; imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
Website: 
http://www.mific.gob.ni/QUEESELSISTEMAN ACIONALDELACALIDAD/SISTEMANACIONAL
DENORMALIZACION/NORMAST%C3%89CNICASENCONSULTAPUBLICA/tabid/351/langua
ge/en-US/Default.aspx