G/TBT/N/PAN/82
5 November 2014
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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: 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): 67.160.20 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Reglamento 
Técnico DGNTI COPANIT 77-2007: Tecnología de los alimentos . Agua envasada. Requisitos 
generales  (Directorate-General for Standards and Industrial Technology-Panamanian 
Commission for Industrial and Technical Standards (DGNTI-COPANIT) Technical Regulation No. 77-2007: Food technology. Packaged water. General requirements) (9 pages, in 
Spanish) 
6. Description of content: Purpose and scope; standards for consultation; general 
conditions; requirements; packaging and labelling; and reference documents. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Human health and safety 
8. Relevant documents:  
• Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) , Norma Salvadoreña 
Obligatoria (NSO) 13.07.02:98: "Agua. Agua envasada" (National Science and 
Technology Council, Salvadoran Mandatory Standard No. 13.07.02:98: "Water. 
Packaged water"), San Salvador, 1998 (30 pages) 
• Comisión Nacional de Normalización Técnica y Calidad,  Norma Técnica Obligatoria 
Nicaragüense (NTON) 03 040-03 de Agua Envasada. Especificaciones de Calidad 
Sanitaria  (National Commission on Technical Standardization and Quality, 
Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard No. 03 040-03: "Packaged water. Sanitary Quality Specifications"), Nicaragua, 2003 (13 pages) 
• Ministerio de Salud , Resolución Número 12186 del 20 de septiembre de 1991,  
Condiciones Para los Procesos de Obtención, Envasado y Comercialización de Agua Potable Tratada con Destino al Consumo Humano  (Ministry of Health, Resolution 
No. 12186 of 20 September 1991, "Requirements for obtaining, packaging and 
marketing treated drinking water for human consumption"), Bogotá, Colombia (7 pages) 
• Oficina Nacional de Normalización (NC),  "Agua de Bebida Envasada. 
Especificaciones"  (National Standardization Office, "Packaged drinking water. G/TBT/N/PAN/82 
- 2 - 
  Specifications"), Cuba, 1996 (5 pages) 
• Monografía,  Agua Para Consumo (Monograph, "Water for consumption"), 2006 (9 
pages) 
• Monografía,  La Legalidad del Agua de Grifo Envasada (Monograph, "The legality of 
packaged tap water"), Spain, 2006 (4 pages) 
• Codex Alimentarius, Proposed Draft Gene ral Standard for Packaged (Bottled) 
Waters Other Than Natural Mineral Waters, Step 3 of the Codex Procedure, 2006 
(6 pages) 
• Codex Alimentarius, CODEX STAN 227-2001: General Standard for 
Bottled/Packaged Drinking Waters (Other than Natural Mineral Waters), Step 3 of 
the Codex Procedure, 2006 (6 pages) 
• Codex Alimentarius, CODEX STAN 108-1981, Rev. 1-1997: Codex Standard for 
Natural Mineral Waters, 2001 (amended) (6 pages) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: Adopted in July 2007. 
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