G/SPS/N/NIC/92  
9 July 2015  
(15-3532)  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 num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Veterinary products containing ethion as the active ingredient 
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: Resolución Administrativa Nº 018-2015 para la 
cancelación en el territorio nacional de la fabricación, importación, registro, refrenda, renovación, comercialización y uso de productos veterinarios que contengan en su composición el principio activo Etión (Administrative Resolution No. 018-2015 terminating 
the manufacture, importation, registration, approval, renewal, marketing and use, in 
Nicaragua, of veterinary products containing ethion as the active ingredient) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 3 
6. Description of content: The notified Resolution terminates the manufacture, importation, 
registration, approval, renewal, marketing and use, in Nicaragua, of veterinary products 
containing ethion as the active ingredient, either alone or combined with another 
substance, in any pharmaceutical form, or as a primary component. 
Infringement of the provisions of this Resolution is subject to penalties as stipulated in the 
relevant legislation, without prejudice to any criminal sanctions that may be applicable 
under other legislation. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ 
] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/NIC/92 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius 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)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM No. ) 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
[ ] Yes [ ] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
 Reglamento de Inspección Sanitaria de la Carne (Regulation on the sanitary inspection 
of meat) 
 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) : 12 June 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 23 June 2015 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 12 June 2015 
[ ] 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 hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email 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 
Email: normalizacion@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 Email: jorge.rodriguez@ipsa.gob.ni