G/TBT/N/NIC/156  
2 October  2017 
(17-5245) 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 : NICARAGUA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Transporte e Infraestructura , MTI (Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure)  
Dirección General de Normas de Construcción y Desarrollo Urbano  (General Directorate of 
Standards for Construction and Urban Development)  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: +(505) 2222 7221  
Email: oscar.escobar@mti.gob.ni ; evert.rivera@mti.gob.ni  
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:  
Ministerio de Fomento ; Industria y Comercio  
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: +(505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1310, 1313 or 1314  
Email: imartinez@mific.gob.ni ; notificacion@mific.gob.ni ; normalizacion@mific.gob.ni  
Website: http://www.mific.gob.ni/en -us/snc/snn/ntcpub/ntoncp ub.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 provided in addition, where applicable) : ICS 
number : 77.140.15  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : NTON 12 014 - 
17 Materiales de Construcción . Barras y Alambres de acero de refuerzo para el Concreto . 
Especificaciones y Evaluación de la Conformidad (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical 
Standa rd (NTON) No. 12 014 - 17 Construction materials . Steel bars and wire for concrete 
reinforcement . Specifications and conformity assessment) (13 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/NIC/156  
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  6. Description of content : The notified text establishes the physical, chemical and 
mechani cal requirements to be met by steel bars and wire used for reinforcing concrete, 
and the relevant conformity assessment procedures, including sampling and test methods.  
It applies to steel bars and wire for concrete reinforcement that are manufactured in, 
imported into or marketed in Nicaragua.  
Description  HS Line  
Plain and deformed carbon -steel bars  72.13.10.00.00  
72.14.20.00.00  
 
Plain and deformed low -alloy steel bars  72.13.10.00.00  
72.14.20.00.00  
 
Deformed carbon -steel wire  72.15.50.00.10  
72.15.90.00.10  
 
 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:  
 ASTM A 615/A615 "Standard Specification for Deformed and Plain Carbon -Steel 
Bars for Concrete Reinforcement"  
 ASTM A706/A 706 "Standard Specification for Low -Alloy Steel Deformed and Plain 
Bars for Concrete Reinforcement"  
 ASTM A1064/A1064 "Standard Specification for Carbon -Steel Wire and Welded 
Wire Reinforcement, Plain and Deformed, for Co ncrete"  
 ASTM A370 "Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel 
Products"  
 ASTM E83 "Standard Practice for Verification and Classification of Extensometer 
Systems"  
 Norma Técnica Nicaragüense (NTN) No. 04 001 - 05/ISO 1702 5 Evaluación de la 
Conformidad . Requisitos generales para la competencia de los laboratorios de 
ensayos y de Calibración (Nicaraguan Technical Standard (NTN) No. 04 001 - 
05/ISO 17025 Conformity Assessment . General requirements for the competence 
of testing and calibration laboratories)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months after publication in Official Journal La 
Gaceta.  
10. Final date for comments : 30 days from the date of notification.  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio  
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1310 or 1313.1314  
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