G/SPS/N/NIC/96  
23 August  2016 
(16-4485) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : NICARAGUA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Institute for Agricultural and Livestock Protection and Health 
(Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria ) and Ministry of Developme nt, Industry 
and Trade ( Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio ).  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : ICS number : 67.040  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Reglamento Técnico Centroamericano NTON 11 049 -
16/RTCA 67.06.74: 16 Productos Agropecuarios Orgánicos . Requisitos para la Producción, 
el Procesamiento, la Comercialización, la Certificación y el Etiquetado  (Central American 
Technical Regulation NTON 11 049 -16/RTCA 67.06.74:16 : Organic agricultural products . 
Requirements  governing production, processing, marketing, certification and labelling ) 
Language(s) : Spanis h Number of pages : 66 
6. Description of content : The notified Regulation establishes the provisions and 
procedures governing the production, registration, certif ication, processing, labelling, 
storage, transport and marketing of organic agricultural products . It applies to the 
following products that carry or should carry a descriptive label relating to organic 
production methods.  
A product is considered to carry information concerning organic production methods when 
the label or property  claims, including advertising material and commercial documents, 
describe the product or its ingredients using the terms "organic", "biological"  or 
"ecological" or other similar i nternationally recognised vocabulary, including abbreviated 
forms, which suggest to the buyer that the product or its ingredients have been obtained 
via organic production methods in the country in which they have been put on the market.  
The Regulation mus t be applied by all natural or legal persons engaged in the production, 
processing, labelling, storage, transport and marketing of certified organic agricultural 
products . It is also binding upon public and private bodies engaged in the registration, 
control and/or certification of such production.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [X]  animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/NIC/96  
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  8. Is there a rel evant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission ( e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text ) CAC/GL 32 -1999, Rev. 3 -2007: Guidelines for the 
Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of  Organically Produced Foods.  
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ) 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the  relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm /yy): To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for com ments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 22 October 2 016 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email addr ess (if 
available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio  
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1314 or 1315  
Email:  imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
 notificacion@mific.gob.ni  
 normalizacion@mific.gob.ni  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio  
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505) 22 48 9300, Ext. 1314 or 1315  
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