G/TBT/N/PAN/87  
 
29 August 2016  
(16-4560) 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):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuar io (Ministry of Agricultural Development ) 
Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal  (National Directorate of Plant Health ) 
Panamá, Panamá  
Tel.:  (+507) 220 -7979  
Email :  fromero@mida.gob.pa /dgordon@mida.gob.pa   
Ministerio de Comerci o e Industrias  (Ministry of Trade and Industry ) 
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología  (Directorate -General for Standards and 
Technology ) 
Vía Ricardo J. Alfaro  
Edificio Plaza Edison , 3er Piso  
Panamá, Panamá  
Tel.:  (+507) 560 -0600, Ext. 2389/2392  
Email :  earias@mici.gob.pa /mortega@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):  
International Classification for Standards (ICS) code  67.040  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Reglamento 
Técnico Centroamericano 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 (RTCA) No. 67.06.74:16: Organic 
agricultural products. Production, processing, marketing, certification and labelling 
requirements ) (66 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:  The notified Technical Regulation  establishes the provisions and 
procedures governing the production, registration, certification, processing, labelling, 
storage, transport and marketing of organic agricultural products. It applies to the following 
products that carry or should carry a de scriptive 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 i ts ingredients using the terms "organic", "biological" or "ecological" 
or other similar internationally recognized vocabulary, including abbreviated forms, which 
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  production methods in the country in which they have been put on the market.   
This Technical Regulation is binding upon all natural and legal persons engaged in the 
production, processing, labelling, storage, transport and marketing of certified organic 
agricultural products as well as upon the public and private bodies engaged in the 
registration, control and/or certification of such products.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Plant health, animal health an d consumer information   
8. Relevant documents: - 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of notification  
11. Texts available from:  National en quiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers  and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología  
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias  
Vía Ricardo J. Alfaro  
Edificio Plaza Edison , 3er Piso  
Panamá, Panamá  
Tel.:  (+507) 560 -0600, Ext. 2389/2392  
Email:   earias@mici.gob.pa /mortega@mici.gob.pa   
Website: http://www.mici.gob.pa