G/TBT/N/PAN/64
29 October 2014
(14-6282)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial , Ministerio 
de Comercio e Industrias (Directorate-General for Standards and Industrial Technology, 
Ministry of Trade and Industry) (responsible for processing notifications)   
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, 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:    
Directorate-General for Standards and Industrial Technology 
Vía Ricardo J. Alfaro, Edificio Plaza Edison, 3er Piso, Panamá Panamá 
Tel.:  (+507) 560-0716 and 560-0600, Ext. 2389 
Fax:  (+507) 560-0721 Email:  mortega@mici.gob.pa   
Website:  www.mici.gob.pa  
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 67.120.20 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Reglamento 
Técnico DGNTI COPANIT RT 17-2000. Tecnología de los alimentos. Leches y Productos 
Lácteos. Yogurt. Generalidades (Directorate-General for Standards and Industrial 
Technology-Panamanian Commission for Industrial and Technical Standards (DGNTI-COPANIT) Technical Regulation No. 17-2000: Food technology. Milk and milk products. 
Yoghurt. General requirements) (7 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Definitions, classification and designation; General conditions; Requirements; 
Analysis; Packaging and labelling; Storage and transport; and Appendix. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   To establish the sanitary and storage requirements for and the physico-
chemical characteristics of yoghurt during storage, shipment and sale. G/TBT/N/PAN/64 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:    
• Norma INCOTEC 805, Yogurt  (Colombian Institute of Technical Standards and 
Certification (ICONTEC) Standard No. 805: Yoghurt); 
• CODEX STAN A-11(a), 1975;  
• Decreto ley 256  (Decree-Law No. 256) of 13 June 1992; 
• Ley 1195  (Law No. 1195) of 3 December 1992; 
• Ley 60  (Law No. 60) of 2 December 1977. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:  Immediately  To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   Immediately  
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. Alfaro y calle El Paical, Edif. Plaza Edison, 3er Piso 
Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá Tel.: (+507) 560-0716 
Fax: (+507) 560-0721 
Email: dgnti@mici.gob.pa  
Website: www.mici.gob.pa