G/TBT/N/NIC/143
10 October 2014
(14-5757)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible:    
Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria , IPSA (Institute for Agricultural and 
Livestock Protection and Health) 
Managua 
Nicaragua Tel.: (+505) 2233-4455 Email: Jorge.rodriguez@ipsa.gob.ni  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority design ated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different 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 Email: nsolano@mific.gob.ni  / imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
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 67.120.30 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   NTON 11 003 - 
14, Primera Revisión. Importación y Movilización de Animales Acuáticos) (Nicaraguan 
Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 11 003 – 14, First revision: Importation and 
movement of aquatic animals).   
6. Description of content:  The notified Technical Standard establishes the health 
requirements for the importation and movement of live or dead aquatic animals (at any stage of development and in any form of pres entation) for all purposes, as well as of 
food inputs, with a view to preventing the intr oduction or spread of pathogenic agents of 
diseases in farmed and wild aquatic animal populations in national territory. The 
Standard applies to natural and legal persons engaged in the importation, movement, fishing, hatching, breeding, development, fa rming or marketing of live or dead aquatic 
animals. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   Consumer health protection and protection of the environment and national 
territory from disease damage. G/TBT/N/NIC/143  
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8. Relevant documents:    
• Ley No. 291, Ley básica de sanidad animal y sanidad vegetal y su reglamento  (Law 
No. 291: Basic law on animal and plant health and its implementing regulations);  
• NTON, Requisitos de importación para mercancías de origen animal  (Nicaraguan 
Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON): Import requirements for goods of animal 
origin);  
• OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined 
Six months as from the date of 
publication in the Official Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of publication of the 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. 2230 or 2209   
Email:  nsolano@mific.gob.ni  / imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
Website:  
http://www.mific.gob.ni/QUEESELSISTEMAN ACIONALDELACALIDAD/SISTEMANACIONAL
DENORMALIZACION/NORMAST%C3%89CNICASENCONSULTAPUBLICA/tabid/351/langua
ge/en-US/Default.aspx