G/SPS/N/NIC/88  
 
14 April 2015  
(15-2000)  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 and 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): International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 
65.020.20 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: NTON 11 047 – 15, Certificación de material de 
propagación. Yuca (Manihot esculenta Cr antz), quequisque (Xanthosoma spp.) y 
malanga (Colocasia esculenta) (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) 
No. 11 047 – 15: Certification of propagation material. Manioc ( Manihot esculenta 
Crantz), tannia ( Xanthosoma  spp.) and taro ( Colocasia esculenta )). Language(s):  
Spanish  Number of pages: 15  
6. Description of content: The notified Technical Standard establishes the procedures, 
requirements and phytosanitary and quality specifications to be met by manioc 
(cassava), tannia (yautia) and taro (dasheen) propagation material. The Standard applies, for certification purposes, to all public or private, natural or legal persons 
engaged in the production, packaging, storag e, distribution and marketing of manioc, 
tannia and taro propagation material.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [X] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)  
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)   
[X] None  G/SPS/N/NIC/88 
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   Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [X] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
 Norma Técnica Obligatoria Nicaragüense. Importación de productos y subproductos 
de origen vegetal (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) on the 
importation of products and by-products of plant origin);  
 Ley No. 280, Ley de Producción y Comercialización de Semillas y su Reglamento 
(Law No. 280 on seed production and marketing and its implementing regulations);   
 Ley No. 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);  
 International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 5: Glossary of 
Phytosanitary Terms; 
 Manual Técnico para viveristas de musáceas  (numeral once del articulo seis de la 
resolución 003180 del 26 de agosto de 2009) (Technical Manual for workers in nurseries cultivating Musaceae (Article 6.11 of Resolution No. 003180 of 26 August 2009)), Colombian Agricultural Institute, ICA, Colombia.  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  Six months after publication in the Official Journal La Gaceta  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 13 June 2015 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(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 2238 
E-mail: 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  
13. Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (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 2238 
E-mail:  nsolano@mific.gob.ni; imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
Website: http://www.mific.gob.ni/en-us/s nc/snn/ntcpub/ntoncpub.aspx  
Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria (IPSA) 
Managua, Nicaragua Tel.:  (+505) 2270-1089 
E-mail:  jorge.rodriguez@ipsa.gob.ni