G/SPS/N/NIC/9 8 
 
13 December  2016 
(16-6803) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: NICARAGUA   
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria , IPSA ( Institute 
for Agricultural and Livestock Protection a nd Health ) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): List of quarantine pests  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affecte d, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document:  Lista de Plagas Reglamentadas, Nicaragua 2016 (List 
of regulated pests , Nicaragua 2016 ) Language(s): Spanish   Number of pages: 32 
6. Description of content: The notified text establishes the list of regulated pests  in 
Nicaragua,  in accordance with  Article  10.6 and 10.7  (Chapter  III) of Law No. 291  (Basic 
Law on animal and plant health ) and its implementi ng regulations  and Article  VII.2(i) of 
the New Revised Text of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) . 
The list was prepared on the basis of  pest interceptions at entry points, technical data 
sheets, pest risk analys es (PRA s) for specific pes ts and  diagnosis of samples  by the  
Phytosanitary Diagnostic and Seed Control Laboratory (LDFCS) of Nicaragua's  Institute 
for Agricultural and Livestock Protection and Health , as well as ISPM No. 8 
(Determination of pest status in an area ) and ISPM No. 19 (Guidelines on lists of 
regulated pests ) of the FAO  (Rome).   
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [ X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alime ntarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)  
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
[X] International Plant Protection Convention  (e.g.  ISPM number)  
International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 19  (2003) , 
Guidelines on lists of regulated pests  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[X] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/NIC/9 8 
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  If no, describe, w henever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Ley 
291 "Ley Básica de Salud Animal y Sanidad Vegetal y su Reglamento " (Law No. 291, 
Basic Law on animal  and plant health and its implementing regulations ) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 10 March 201 6 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 10 March 201 6 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/ mm/yy) : 10 March 201 6 
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notificati on 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e -mail address (if availab le) of other body:    
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio  
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505) 2248 -9300, Ext. 1314 or 1311 
E-mail: notificacion@mific.gob.ni  
 normalización@mific.gob.ni  
 imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
 
Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria (IPSA)  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505) 2298-1330, Ext.  193 
E-mail: jorge.rodriguez@ipsa.gob.ni  
Website: 
http://www.ipsa.gob.ni/Portals/0/4%20Sanidad%20Vegetal%20y%20Semillas/Listado%
20de%20Plagas%20cuarentenarias%20en%20Nicaragua% 20Versi%C3%B3n%20I%20
marzo%20de%202016.pdf