. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/NIC/77 
28 July 2006 
 (06-3648) 
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, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
Ministerio de Salud  (Ministry of Health) 
División de Farmacia  (Pharmacy Division) 
Tel.:  +(505)2894401 
Fax:  +(505)2894401 E-mail:  div-far@minsa.gob.ni 
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):   ICS:  71.100 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NTON 26 003-
06/RTCA 71.01.37:06 Productos Higiénicos.  Re gistro e Inscripción Sanitaria de Productos 
Higiénicos  (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical St andard (NTON) No. 26 003-06/Central 
American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 71.01.37:06 Cleaning Products.  Sanitary 
registration and authorization of cleanin g products) (9 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this technical regulation is to establish the 
conditions and requirements under which sanitary registration and authorization of cleaning 
products will be granted. 
 This technical regulation is binding in th e States Parties on natural or legal persons 
involved in the production or importation of cleaning products which contain at least one 
dangerous ingredient in a concentration greater  than 1 per cent and which, on the basis of 
technical studies, are classified as dangerous, according to the criteria laid down in Annex D.  Those internationally classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic, in accordance with the criteria laid down by AC GIH, ATSDR, EPA, HMIS, IARC, NIOSH, 
NTP, OHMS, OSHA, TSCA and WHO, must be declared when they are present in a concentration greater than 0.1 per cent a nd shall be subject to mandatory sanitary 
registration or authorization. 
 The products listed in Annex A, which the State Parties shall define by consensus, 
shall not come within the scope of this regulation. G/TBT/N/NIC/77 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Protection of human health and life. 
8. Relevant documents:  Recommendations on the Tran sport of Dangerous Goods,  Model 
Regulations, United Nations, New York and Geneva.   
 http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/unrec/rev13/nature_HTML/00c_Recomend.pdf 
 
 United States Code of Federal Regula tions, (CFR) Title 40.  Classification of 
Dangerous Goods.   United States Code of Federa l Regulations, (CFR) Title 29, 
Part No. 1910.1200, Occupational Safety and Hea lth Standards.  Section on the Safety Data 
Sheet, declaration of hazardous constituents. 
 http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp. show_document?p_table =STANDARDS&p_id
=10099 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   Upon publication in the Official Journal 
To be determined 
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, e-mail and web site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio 
Centro de Información sobre Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio 
Tel.:  +(505) 2670161 ext. 1130 or 1048 
Fax:  +(505) 270 9956 E-mail:  valeria.pineda@mific.gob.ni or dtnm@mific.gob.ni