G/TBT/N/NIC/149  
 
1 September 2016  
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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: NICARAGUA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Transporte e Infraes tructura , 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   
(Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade)  
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.:  (+505) 2248 9 300, Ext. 1310, 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   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN wh ere applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): 
International Classification for Standards (ICS): 91.100.10  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: NTON 12 013 -16 
- Materiales de Construcción. Cemento  (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) 
No. 12 013 -16: Construction materials. Cement) (14 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified Standard establishes the technical specifications  and 
sampli ng, testing and conformity assessment requirements for cements, as well as the 
requirements for their packaging, transportation, storage and use.   
It applies to all cements of the following types that are produce d in or imported into 
Nicaragua : 
 Hydraulic cement  
 Blended hydraulic cement  
 Portland cement  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer protection  G/TBT/N/NIC/149  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard C1157/C1157M - 11: 
"Standard Performance Specification for Hydraulic Cement".  
 ASTM Standard C150/C150M - 15: "Standard Specification for Portland Cement".  
 ASTM Standard C595/C595M - 15: "Standard Specification for Blended Hydraulic 
Cements".  
 ASTM Standard C204 - 11: "Stan dard Test Method for Fineness of Portland Cement 
by Air -Permeability Apparatus".  
 ASTM Standard C151/C151M - 15: "Standard Test Method for Autoclave Expansion 
of Hydraulic Cement".  
 ASTM Standard C191 - 13: "Standard Test Methods for Time of Setting of Hyd raulic 
Cement by Vicat Needle".  
 ASTM Standard C185 - 15: "Standard Test Meth od for Air Content of Hydraulic 
Cement Mortar".  
 ASTM Standard C109/C109M - 13: "Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength 
of Hydraulic Cement Mortars (Using 2 -in. or [50 -mm] C ube Specimens)".  
 ASTM Standard C186 - 15: "Standard Test Method for Heat of Hydration of Hydraulic 
Cement".  
 ASTM Standard C430 - 08: "Standard Test Method for Fineness of Hydraulic Cement 
by the 45 -μm (No. 325) Sieve".  
 ASTM Standard C1038/C1038M - 14: "Standard Test Method for Expansion of 
Hydraulic Cement Mortar Bars Stored in Water".  
 ASTM Standard C1012/C1012M - 15: "Standard Test Method for Length Change of 
Hydraulic -Cement Mortars Exposed to a Sulfate Solution".  
 ASTM Standard C266 - 15: "Standard Test Method for Time of Setting of Hydraulic -
Cement Paste by Gillmore Needles".  
 ASTM Standard C157/C157M - 08: "Standard Test Method for Leng th Change of 
Hardened Hydraulic -Cement Mortar and Concrete".  
 ASTM Standard C227 - 10: "Standard Test Method for Potential Alkali Reactivity of 
Cement -Aggregate Combinations (Mortar -Bar Method)".  
 ASTM Standard C114 - 15: "Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of 
Hydraulic Cement".  
 ASTM Standard C183/C183M - 15: "Standard Practice for Sampling and the Amount 
of Testing of Hydraulic Cement".  
 ASTM Standard C188 - 15: "Standard Test Method for Density of Hydraulic Cement".  
 NTN ISO/IEC 17020 . Evaluación de la conformidad. Requisitos para el 
funcionamiento de difere ntes tipos de organismos que realizan la inspección  
(Nicaraguan Technical Standard (NTN) ISO/IEC 17020: Conformity assessment. 
Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection).  
 NTN ISO/IEC 17065 . Evaluación de la conformidad . Requisitos para organismos que 
certifican productos, procesos y servicios  (NTN ISO/IEC 17065: Conformity 
assessment. Requirements for bodies certify ing products, processes and services).  
 NTN ISO/IEC 17067 . Evaluación de la conformidad . Fundamentos de la certificación 
de producto y directrices para los esquemas de certificación de producto  (NTN 
ISO/IEC 17067: Conformity assessment. Fundamental s of product certification and 
guidelines for product certification schemes).  
 NTON 07 002 - 06/RTCA 01.01.11:06 . Cantidad de Productos en Preempacados 
(Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 07 002 - 06/Central 
American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 01.01.11:06: Quantity of product in pre -G/TBT/N/NIC/149  
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  packages).  
 Acuerdo Ministerial N° 032 -2015. Normativa técnica para  la aplicación de las 
sanciones administrativas en materia de calidad de materiales de construcción 
(Ministerial Decision No. 032 -2015: Technical Standard on the application of 
administrative penalties relating to construction material quality).  
9. Propos ed date of adoption: To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: Three  months after publication in the Official Journal 
La Gaceta  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from the date of publication of the notification  
11. Texts available from: Nati onal 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, 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