G/TBT/N/NIC/133  
15 January 2014  
(14-0190)  Page: 1/3  
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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio Agropecuario y Forestal  (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry) 
Kilómetro 3½ carretera a Masaya Managua, Nicaragua Tel.: (+505) 2270-1089 
Fax: (+505) 2278-5042 
E-mail: dgpsa@dgpsa.gob.ni  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and 
website addresses, if availa ble) of agency or author ity designated to handle 
comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if di fferent from above:  
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio  (Ministry of Development, Industry and 
Trade) 
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya Managua, Nicaragua Tel.: (+505) 2248-9300, Ext. 2230 or 2238 
E-mail: nsolano@mific.gob.ni  and/or imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
Website: 
http://www.mific.gob.ni/QUEESELSISTEMAN ACIONALDELACALIDAD/SISTEMANACIONALD
ENORMALIZACION/NORMAST%C3%89CNICASENCONSULTAPUBLICA/tabid/351/language
/en-US/Default.aspx 
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 65.020.01 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  NTON 11 043  - 
13 Norma Técnica Obligatoria Nicaragüense. Producción Sostenible. Palma de aceite. 
Disposiciones y Requisitos  (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 11 043 
- 13: Sustainable production. Oil palm. Provisions and requirements)  
6. Description of content:  The notified text establishes technical provisions and guidelines 
for planting, managing, processing and/or experimenting with oil palm ( Elaeis spp. ) crops 
within the framework of a sustainable production system. 
The provisions apply to all public or private natural or legal persons involved in planting, 
managing, processing and/or experimenting with oil palm ( Elaeis spp. ) crops. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Plant protection; protection of territory from other damage from pests. G/TBT/N/NIC/133 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- Ley No. 620, Ley general de aguas nacionales  (Law No. 620, General law on 
national waters); 
- Ley No. 217, Ley general de medio ambiente  (Law No. 217, General law on the 
environment); 
- Ley No. 749,  Ley de régimen jurídico de fronteras  (Law No. 749, Border regime 
law); 
- Ley No. 280, Ley de producción y comercio de semillas  (Law No. 280, Law on the 
production and trading of seed); 
- Ley No. 291, Ley básica de salud animal y sanidad vegetal  (Law No. 291, Basic law 
on animal and plant health); 
- NTON 05 014-01 Norma Técnica Obligatoria Nicaragüense para el manejo, 
tratamiento y disposición final de los residuos sólidos no peligrosos  (Nicaraguan 
Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 05 014-01 on the handling, treatment and final disposal of non-hazardous solid waste); NTON 05 015-01 Norma Técnica 
Obligatoria Nicaragüense para el manejo y eliminación de los residuos sólidos 
peligrosos  (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 05 015-01 on 
the handling and disposal of hazardous solid waste); 
- Ley No 462, Ley de conservación, fomento y desarrollo sostenible del sector 
forestal  (Law No. 462, Law on the conservation, promotion and sustainable 
development of the forestry sector); 
- Resolución ministerial del MARENA No. 002 - 2008  (Ministerial Resolution No. 002 - 
2008 of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources on measures to 
control the triple-rinsing of empty plastic pesticide containers); 
- Ley No. 648, Ley de igualdad de derechos  u oportunidades manteniendo la equidad 
de género y generacional en su Unidad de producción  (Law No. 648, Law on equal 
rights and opportunities and gender and generational equity in production units); 
- Ley No. 28, Estatuto de la autonomía de las regiones de la costa atlántica de 
Nicaragua  (Law No. 28, Statute of autonomy for the regions of Nicaragua's Atlantic 
coast); 
- Ley No. 445, Ley del régimen de propiedad comunal de los pueblos indígenas y 
comunidades étnicas de las regiones atlántica de Nicaragua y de los ríos Bocay, 
Coco, Indio y Maíz  (Law No. 445, Law on the communal ownership system of the 
indigenous peoples and ethnic communities of the Atlantic regions of Nicaragua and the Bocay, Coco, Indio and Maíz rivers); 
- Ley No. 291, Ley básica de salud animal y sanidad vegetal y su reglamento  (Law 
No. 291, Basic law on animal and plant health and its implementing regulations); 
- Ley No. 274, Ley básica para la regulación y control de plaguicidas, sustancias 
tóxicas, peligrosas y otras similares  (Law No. 274, Basic law on the regulation and 
control of pesticides and toxic, hazardous and other similar substances); 
- Ley No. 462,  Ley de conservación, fomento y desarrollo sostenible del sector 
forestal  (Law No. 462, Law on the conservation, promotion and sustainable 
development of the forestry sector); 
- Ley No. 585, Ley de veda para el cort e, aprovechamiento y comercialización del 
recurso forestal  (Law No. 585, Law prohibiting the felling, exploitation and 
marketing of forest resources). 
All the above texts are available in Spanish. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be established. 
To be established.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date when the notification is published. G/TBT/N/NIC/133 
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  11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio 
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya Managua, Nicaragua Tel.: (+505) 2248-9300, Ext. 2230 or 2238 
E-mail: nsolano@mific.gob.ni  and/or imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
Website: 
http://www.mific.gob.ni/QUEESELSISTEMAN ACIONALDELACALIDAD/SISTEMANACIONALD
ENORMALIZACION/NORMAST%C3%89CNICASENCONSULTAPUBLICA/tabid/351/language
/en-US/Default.aspx