WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/NIC/110 
6 October 2010 
 (10-5088) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  NICARAGUA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio  (Ministry of 
Development, Industry and Trade) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 65.120 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NTON 11 026 - 10, 
Norma Técnica Obligatoria Nicaragüense, Si stema de Registro e Identificación de los 
Animales Bovinos en Producción Primar ia, Transporte e Industrialización (Nicaraguan 
Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 11 026 - 10:  Registration and identification 
system for bovine animals during primary prod uction, transport and processing) (21 pages, 
in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified  Technical Standard lays down the requirements 
governing the system for the registration of fa rms and rural properties and the identification 
and movement of bovine animals and the produc ts, by-products and derivatives thereof and 
inputs and raw materials for use as animal feed. 
It applies to the registration of farms and rural properties and the movement and 
identification of bovine animals and the pr oducts, by-products and derivatives thereof and 
inputs and raw materials for use as animal feed at all stages of the bovine production chain. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human and animal health. 
8. Relevant documents: 
- Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
28 January 2002 laying down the general prin ciples and requirements of food law, 
establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety; G/TBT/N/NIC/110 
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  - Council Directive 92/102/EEC of 27 Novemb er 1992 on identification and registration 
of animals; 
- Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
17 July 2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelli ng of beef and beef products; 
- Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1825/2000 of 25 August 2000 laying down detailed 
rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000; 
- Commission Regulation (EC) No. 911/2004 of 29 April 2004 implementing 
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards eartags, passports and holding registers; 
- Programa Oficial de Rastre abilidad Sanitaria de Bovinos  (Official bovine sanitary 
traceability programme).  National Agriculture  and Food Quality and Health Service, 
SENASA, Argentina, 2007; 
- Programa Oficial de Trazab ilidad Sanitaria de Bovinos  (Official bovine sanitary 
traceability programme).  Ministry of Agricu lture, Agriculture and Livestock Service 
(SAG).  Chile, 2004; 
- Ley General del Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal, SENASA (General Law governing 
the National Animal Health Service), Costa Rica, 2006; 
- Sistema de Identificación y Registro Animal , para construir la Trazabilidad de los 
productos de origen animal  (Animal identification and registration system to develop 
the traceability of animal products).  Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, 
Directorate-General of Livestock Services.  Uruguay, 2006; 
- Resumen conceptual del Sistema Nacional de  Identificación e Información del Ganado 
Bovino, SINIGAN (Conceptual summary of the National Bovine Identification and 
Information System).  Colombia, 2004; 
- Decreto Ejecutivo de la creación de la Comisión Nacional Cons ultiva de Trazabilidad  
(Executive Decree creating the National Advisory Committee on Traceability).  
Ministry of Agricultural Development.  Panama, 2005; 
- Documento sobre un Manual de Proced imientos del Programa Identificación y 
Rastreabilidad Bovina  (Paper on a procedures manual for the bovine identification and 
traceability programme).  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry, MAGFOR.  
Nicaragua, 2007; 
- Perfeccionamiento de la trazabilidad y de la identificacion individual del ganado 
bovino en Uruguay (Further development of individual bovine traceability and 
identification in Uruguay).  FAO/TCP/2910.  S. Cayota, 2004; 
- Draft Code of Hygienic Practice for Meat.  FAO/WHO.  Rome, 2004; 
- Traceability in the Food Chain:  A prelim inary study.  Food Standards Agency.  
London, 2002; 
- Animal traceability across national frontiers in the European Union.  McGrann, J. and 
Wiseman H., 2001. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: } To be determined  G/TBT/N/NIC/110 
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  10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
WTO TBT Enquiry Point 
Managua, Nicaragua Tel.: (505) 2267-4551, Ext. 1209, 1230 or 1276 Fax: (505) 2267-4551, Ext. 1228 
E-mail: imartinez@mific.gob.ni
 and dtnm@mific.gob.ni  
Website: http://www.mific.gob.ni/