G/TBT/N/PAN/53
23 October 2014
(14-6155)  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 de Normas y Tecnología Industrial  (Directorate for 
Standards and Industrial Technology) (responsible for processing notifications) 
Name and address (including telephon e 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: As 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): 67.080.20 
and 67.120.99 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Reglamento 
Técnico DGNTI - COPANIT- 36-475-2008. Tecnología de los Alimentos. Sopas, Bases, 
Crema, Caldos y Consomés  (DGNTI-COPANIT (Directorate-General for Standards and 
Industrial Technology-Panamanian Commission for Industrial and Technical Standards) 
Technical Regulation No. 36-475-2008, "Food technology. Soups, bases, creams, broths 
and consommés") (9 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: Objective, scope, standards for consultation, definitions, 
classification, description, general conditions , requirements, sampling and inspection of 
food additives, packaging and labelling, and reference documents.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation seeks to define and regulate the 
characteristics of and specifications for soups, bases, creams, broths and consommés 
intended for consumption, whether dehydrat ed or in liquid, condensed, frozen or 
concentrated form, and to establish the rules for their preparation and their production in 
general. The rules established will apply to both domestically manufactured and imported 
products. 
Rationale: Protection of human life and health. 
8. Relevant documents:  
• Codex Alimentarius. Revised Codex Standard for bouillons and consommés (CODEX 
STAN 117-1981, Rev. 2-2001) 
• Real Decreto 2452/1998, de 17 de noviembre, Reglamento Técnico Sanitaria para 
la elaboración, distribución y comercio de caldos, consomés, sopas y cremas, 
Capítulo II, Artículo 4, Madrid 1998  (Royal Decree No. 2452/1998 of 17 November, 
Sanitary Technical Regulation on the preparation, distribution and marketing of broths, consommés, soups and creams, Chapter II, Article 4, Madrid 1998) (9 pages) 
• Norma Guatemalteca Obligatoria, Caldos y Consomés Deshidratados, G/TBT/N/PAN/53 
- 2 - 
  Especificaciones, Guatemala: 1984 - COGUANOR NGO 34161  (Guatemalan 
Mandatory Standard, "Dehydrated broths and consommés. Specifications", 
Guatemala 1984. COGUANOR NGO 34161) (4 pages) 
• Norma mexicana NMX -f-058-1998, "Sopas Deshidratadas"  (Mexican Standard 
NMX - f-058-1998, "Dehydrated soups") 
9. Proposed date of adoption: Immediately 
Proposed date of entry into force: Immediately  
10. Final date for comments: - 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, 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 Tel.: (+507) 560-0716 
Fax: (+507) 560-0721 
Email: dgnti@mici.gob.pa