G/TBT/N/PAN/61
29 October 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 General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial (Directorate-
General 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 design ated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from 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 provid ed in addition, where applicable):  
International Classification fo r Standards (ICS) code 67.120 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Reglamento 
Técnico DGNTI - COPANIT 8-241-98, Tecnología de los Alimentos. Carnes y sus 
Derivados. Embutidos. Generalidades (Directorate-General for Standards and Industrial 
Technology-Panamanian Commission for Industrial and Technical Standards (DGNTI-COPANIT) Technical Regulation No. 8-241-98: Food technology. Meat and meat products. 
Sausages. General requirements) (9 pages, in Spanish).   
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Classification; Designation; General requirements; Definitions; and General 
characteristics. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   Protection of human life and health 
8. Relevant documents:    
• Norma COPANIT 241-79, Carnes y derivados. Embutidos. Generalidades  
(Panamanian Commission for Industrial and Technical Standards (COPANIT) Standard No. 241-79: Meat and meat products. Sausages. General requirements); 
• Decreto Ejecutivo No. 65, Ministerio de Salud  (Ministry of Health Executive Decree 
No. 65) of 3 December 1992; 
• Norma COPANIT 61-90, Carne y Derivados. Definiciones  (Panamanian Commission 
for Industrial and Technical Standards (COPANIT) Standard No. 61-90: Meat and 
meat products. Definitions); 
• Decreto 256  (Decree No. 256) of 13 June 1962; 
• Norma COGUANOR NGO 340, Carne y Productos Cárnicos. Embutidos Crudos y 
Cocidos  (Guatemalan Standards Commission (COGUANOR) Mandatory Standard 
(NGO) No. 340: Meat and meat products. Raw and cooked sausages). G/TBT/N/PAN/61 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:  Immediately upon publication Immediately 
10. Final date for comments:   Immediately 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses,  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 Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá 
Tel.: (+507) 560-0716 
Fax: (+507) 560-0721 Email: dgnti@mici.gob.pa