G/TBT/N/NIC/174  
7 December  2022 
(22-9089) 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 government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Autoridad Nacional del Agua , ANA (National Water Authority)  
Dirección General de Agua Potable y Saneamiento  (Directorate -General of Drinking Water 
and Sanitation)  
Residencial Bolonia, INTUR, 4 cuadras al Sur  
Tel.: 2266-8444, 2266 -8446, 2266 -8447 
Email : MGuanopatín@ana.gob.ni  
www.ana.gob.ni/  
Ministerio de Salud , MINSA (Ministry of Health)  
Dirección General de Regulación Sanitaria , DGRS (Directorate -General of Health 
Regulation)  
Conchita Palacios, Costado Oeste C olonia Primero de Mayo  
Tel.: 2289-4700, Ext. 1005, 2289 -4401 
Email: dgrs@minsa.gob.ni  
www.minsa.gob.ni/  
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:  
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio (Ministry of Development, Industry and 
Trade)  
Address : Kilómetro 6 de Carrera a Masaya, fre nte a Camino de Oriente  
Tel.: (+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1314 and 1310  
Email: normalizacion@mific.gob.ni  imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
www.mific.gob.ni/Inicio/Comercio/Comercio -Interior/SNC/snn  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers ma y be provided in addition, where applicable) : Drinking 
water ( ICS 13 .060.20) ; Water supply systems ( ICS 91 .140.60)  
Tank vehicle . Water for human consumption.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : NTON 
09001 :2022 Agua para consumos humano . Vehículo cisterna . Requisitos sanitarios y 
técnicos  (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 09001:2022 : "Water for 
human consumption . Tank vehicle . Sanitary and technical requirements ") (20 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified regulation establishes the sanitary and technical 
requirements to be met by tank vehicles that are used for transporting and distributing G/TBT/N/NIC/174  
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  water for human consumption, and the technical, administrative and l egal provisions to 
be met by natural or legal persons engaged in this activity.  
This standard is mandatory for natural or legal persons, whether public or private, that 
transport and distribute water for human consumption using tank vehicles, in situations  
of regular and irregular supply, supply cuts, in programmed cases and in emergency cases 
due to natural or anthropogenic phenomena.  
This standard does not apply to tanks for transporting and distributin g water for human 
consumption with a capacity of less  than 3m3.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
Normas Regionales CAPRE, Normas de Calidad del Agua para el consumo, aprobada por 
el Acuerdo Ministerial N° 65 -94, del Ministerio de Salud.  
Normativa - 066: Manual de procedimientos para la vigilancia sanitaria del agua para 
consumo humano . Acuerdo Ministerial 575 -2021, del Ministerio de Salud.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 7 January 2 023 
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  (MIFIC)  
Dirección de Normalización y Metrología , DNM (Directorate of Standardization and 
Metrology)  
Oficina de Información y Notificación , OIN (Information and Notification Office)  
Carretera a Masaya, Kilómetro 6, frente a Camino de Oriente . Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1320 ; 1314; 1310 
Email: imartinez@mific.gob.ni ; notificacion@mif ic.gob.ni ; normalizacion@mific.gob.ni ; 
Website : www.mific.gob.ni/Inicio/Comercio/Comercio -Interior/SNC/snn/enn/ncp  
www.mific.gob.ni/Inicio/Comercio/Comercio -Interior/SNC/snn/enn/ncp  
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