G/TBT/N/NIC/148  
1 September 2016  
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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:  
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio , MIFIC (Ministry of Development, Industry and 
Trade)  
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505)  2248-9300, Ext. 1310 / 1313 / 1314 
Email:   imartinez@mific.gob.ni /notificacion@mific.gob.ni /normalizacion@mific.gob.ni   
Name and address (including telephone 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:   
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio , MIFIC (Ministry of Development, Industry and 
Trade)  
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya  
Managua , Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505)  2248-9300, Ext. 131 0 / 1313 / 1314 
Email:   imartinez@mific.gob.ni /notificacion@mific.gob.ni /normalizacion@mific.gob.ni   
Website:  http://www.mific.gob.ni/en -us/snc/snn/ntcpub/ntoncpub.aspx  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCC N where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading.  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
International Classification for Standards (ICS) code  17.020  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  NTON 07 006  – 
16, Metrología Legal. Registro para el Control Metrológico (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical 
Standard (NTON) No. 07 006 – 16: Legal metrology. Metrological control register ) (17 
pages, in Spanish)    
6. Description of content:  The notified Technical Stand ard lays down  the requirements 
governing  the registration of all agent s engaged in activities in the field of legal 
metrological control . 
This Standard  applies to  manufacturers , importers , marketers , lessors , authorized 
representatives  and repairers of mea suring instruments and systems  subject to  State 
metrological control, as well as to metrological verification bodies and conformity assessment 
bodies .   
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer protect ion and information  G/TBT/N/ NIC/148 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
 Ley 225, Ley sobre Metrología  (Law No. 225 on metrology);  
 Decreto No. 65 -97, Reglamento a la Ley sobre Metrología  (Decree No. 65 -97, 
Regulations implementing the Law on Metrology).  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: Six months after publication in the Official Journal La 
Gaceta  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, teleph one 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. 1313/1314 
Email:   imartinez@mific.gob.ni /notificacion@mific.gob.ni /normalizacion@mific.gob.ni  
Website:  http://www.mific.gob.ni/en -us/snc/snn/ntcpub/ntoncpub.aspx