G/TBT/N/PAN/101  
30 January 2019  
(19-0476) 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 Comercio e Industrias  Dirección General de Normas 
y Tecnología Industrial  (Ministry of Trade and Industry, Directorate -General for Standards 
and Industrial Technology)  
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 Comercio e Industrias  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnol ogía Industrial Vía Ricardo J. A lfaro, Edificio Plaza 
Edison, 3er Piso.  
Panamá, Panamá  
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0716/(+507) 560 -0600, Ext. 5968/5967  
Email: dgnti@mici.gob.pa /jdonado@mida.gob.pa  
Website: http://www.mici.gob.pa/  
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) : 65.020.30  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Reglamento 
Técnico Centroamericano RTCA  65.05.51:18 Medicamentos veterinarios y productos 
afines, establecimientos que los fabrican, comercializan o fraccionan . Requisitos de 
registro sanitario y control  (Central American Technical Regulation 
(RTCA)  No. 65.05.51:18 : Veterinary drugs and related  products, and establishments 
engaged in the manufacture, marketing or fractioning thereof . Sanitary registration and 
control requirements).  
6. Description of content : The regulation applies to veterinary drugs and related products 
and to establishments engaged in the registration, manufacture, marketing, dispensing 
or distribution, fractioning or storage thereof in the States Parties.  
The sanitary registration of raw materials for the preparation of veterinary drugs and 
related products and compounded ve terinary formulations is excluded from the scope of 
the regulation and remains subject to the domestic laws of each State Party.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Provisions are set forth regarding the sanitary registration and control of 
veterinary drugs, related products and establishments.  
8. Relevant documents : - G/TBT/N/PAN/101  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : Upon publication in the Official Journal  
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 enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias (Ministry  of Trade and Industry)  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial (Directorate -General for Standards 
and Industrial Technology)  
Vía Ricardo J. A lfaro, Calle El Paical, Edificio Plaza Edison, 3er Piso.  
Panamá, Panamá  
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0716/(+507) 560-0600, Ext. 5968/5967  
Email: dgnti@mici.gob.pa /jdonado@mida.gob.pa  
Website: http://www.mici.gob.pa/  
https://www.mici.gob.pa/uploa ds/media_ficheros/2019/01/6/direcion -
general/aviso/noti2/rtca -reg-medicamentos -veterinarios -cp.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/PAN/19_0488_ 00_s.pdf