G/TBT/N/PAN/97  
20 March  2018 
(18-1678) 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, Panamá,  Panamá  
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0600/0716, Ext. 5963/5966.  
Email: dgnti@mici.gob.pa ; ccmoreno@mici.gob.pa ; evcajar@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) : 91.100.10  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Reglamento 
Técnico DGNTI -COPANIT 90 -2018, Reglamento de Evaluación de la Conformidad para la 
Comercialización del Cemento  (Technical Regulation DGNTI -COPANIT 90 -2018, Conformity 
assessment regulation for the marketing of cement) (7 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : Purpose ; Legal basis ; Definition ; Abbreviations ; Conformity 
assessment procedure ; Control and surveillance procedure ; and Bibliography.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the natur e of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified Technical Regulation seeks to establish the conformity 
assessment procedure to verify and control the quality of hydraulic cement that is 
produced, imported into, used and/or marketed in the Republic of P anama.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 Norma DGNTI COPANIT 5 -2017 Cemento Hidráulico . Especificaciones (Standard 
DGNTI COPANIT 5 -2017: Hydraulic cement . Specifications)  
 Reglamento Técnico DGNTI COPANIT 4 -321-1998 Metrología Peso Neto  (Technical 
Regulation DGNTI COPANIT 4 -321-1998 Metrology . Net weight)  
 Título II Ley 23 de 1997 Disposiciones sobre Normalización Técnica, Evaluación de 
la Conformidad, Acreditación, Certificación de Calidad, Metrología y Conversión al G/TBT/N/PAN/97  
- 2 - 
  Sistema Internaciona l de Unidades  (Title II, Law No. 23 of 1997, Provisions on 
technical standardization, conformity assessment, accreditation, quality 
certification, metrology and conversion to the international system of units)  
 Ley 45 del 31 de octubre de 2007 que "Dicta no rmas de protección al consumidor y 
defensa de la competencia" (Law No. 45 of 3 1 October 2 007 containing rules on 
consumer protection and the defence of competition)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined.  
10. Final date for comments : 14 May 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 (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, Edif . Plaza Edison, 3er Piso, Panamá, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0600/071 6, Ext.5963/5966  
Email: jgallardo@mici.gob.pa /earias@mici.gob.pa  
Website : http://www.mici.gob.pa/  
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