G/SPS/N/NIC/81  
27 February 2014  
(14-1205)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: NICARAGUA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Ministerio Agropecuario y Forestal , MAGFOR (Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock and Forestry) 
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): International Classification for Standards (ICS) code: 65.020.01 
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: Norma Técnica Obligatoria Nicaragüense NTON 11 043-
13: Producción sostenible. Palma de aceite. Disposiciones y requisitos  (Nicaraguan 
Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 11 043-13: Sustainable production. Oil palm. Provisions and requirements) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 38 
6. Description of content: The notified text establishes technical provisions and guidelines 
for planting, managing, processing and/or experimenting with oil palm ( Elaeis spp. ) crops 
within the framework of a sustainable production system. 
The provisions apply to all public or private, natural or legal persons involved in planting, 
managing, processing and/or experimenting with oil palm ( Elaeis spp. ) crops. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal heal th, [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 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:   G/SPS/N/NIC/81 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
 Ley 620, Ley general de aguas nacionales  (Law No. 620, General law on national 
waters); 
 Ley 217, Ley general de medio ambiente  (Law No. 217, General law on the 
environment); 
 Ley 749,  Ley de régimen jurídico de fronteras  (Law No. 749, Border regime law); 
 Ley 280, Ley de producción y comercio de semillas  (Law No. 280, Law on the 
production and trading of seeds); 
 Ley 291, Ley Básica de Salud Animal y Sanidad Vegetal  (Law No. 291, Basic law on 
animal and plant health); 
 NTON 05 014-01 Norma Técnica Obligatoria Nicaragüense para el manejo, tratamiento 
y disposición final de los residuos sólidos no peligrosos  (Nicaraguan Mandatory 
Technical Standard (NTON) No. 05 014-01 on the handling, treatment and final 
disposal of non-hazardous solid waste); NTON 05 015-01 Norma Técnica Obligatoria 
Nicaragüense para el manejo y eliminación de los residuos sólidos peligrosos  
(Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 05 015-01 on the handling and 
disposal of hazardous solid waste); 
 Ley 462, Ley de conservación, fomento y desarrollo sostenible del sector forestal  (Law 
No. 462, Law on the conservation, promotion and sustainable development of the 
forestry sector); 
 Resolución ministerial del MARENA No. 002 - 2008  (Ministerial Resolution No. 002 - 
2008 of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA) on measures 
to control the triple-rinsing of empty plastic pesticide containers); 
 Ley 648, Ley de igualdad de derechos u oportunidades manteniendo la equidad de 
género y generacional en su unidad de producción  (Law No. 648, Law on equal rights 
and opportunities and gender and generational equity in production units); 
 Ley 28, Estatuto de la autonomía de las regiones de la costa atlántica de Nicaragua  
(Law No. 28, Statute of autonomy for the regions of Nicaragua's Atlantic coast); 
 Ley 445, Ley del régimen de propiedad comunal de los pueblos indígenas y 
comunidades étnicas de las regiones atlántica de Nicaragua y de los ríos Bocay, Coco, 
Indio y Maíz  (Law No. 445, Law on the communal ownership system of the indigenous 
peoples and ethnic communities of the Atlantic regions of Nicaragua and the Bocay, 
Coco, Indio and Maíz rivers); 
 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); 
 Ley 274, Ley básica para la regulación y control de plaguicidas, sustancias tóxicas, 
peligrosas y otras similares  (Law No. 274, Basic law on the regulation and control of 
pesticides and toxic, hazardous and other similar substances); 
 Ley 462, Ley de conservación, fomento y desarrollo sostenible del sector forestal  (Law 
No. 462, Law on the conservation, promotion and sustainable development of the 
forestry sector); 
 Ley 585, Ley de veda para el corte, aprovechamiento y comercialización del recurso 
forestal  (Law No. 585, Law prohibiting the felling , exploitation and marketing of forest 
resources). 
All the above texts are available in Spanish. 
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) : 60 days after publication in the Official Journal La Gaceta.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  G/SPS/N/NIC/81 
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  12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 28 April 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] 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) 2 248-9300, Ext. 2230 or 2238 
Email: nsolano@mific.gob.ni  
imartinez@mific.gob.ni 
Website: 
http://www.mific.gob.ni/QUEESELSISTEMAN ACIONALDELACALIDAD/SISTEMANACIONALDE
NORMALIZACION  
13. Texts available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body: 
Ministerio Agropecuario y Forestal 
Kilómetro 3½ carretera a Masaya 
Managua, Nicaragua Tel.: (+505) 2 270-1089 Fax: (+505) 2 278-5042 
Email: dgpsa@dgpsa.gob.ni