. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/NIC/106 
5 May 2009 
 (09-2181) 
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:  
Ministerio Agropecuario y Forestal 
Km 3 1/2 carretera a Masaya, Managua, Nicaragua Fax: +(505) 278-5042 or 270-9972 E-mail: dgpsa@dgpsa.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):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 65.080 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NTON 11 
023-09/RTCA 65.05.54:09, Fertilizantes y Enmiendas , de Uso Agrícola.  Requisitos para el 
Registro (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON)/Central American Technical 
Regulation (RTCA) No. 65.05.54:09:  Fertilizers and soil conditioners for agricultural use.  
Registration requirements) (19 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The aim of the notified Regulation is to lay down the 
requirements for the registration of fertilizers a nd soil conditioners for agricultural use.  It 
applies to the registration of agricultural fertilizers and soil conditioners which are 
manufactured, formulated, extracted from natu ral sources, packaged, repacked/repackaged, 
imported, exported, distributed and marketed in  countries of the Central American region. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human, animal and plan t health and of the environment. 
8. Relevant documents:  
- Ley de Protección Fitosanitaria  (Plant protection law) No. 7664, Costa Rica; 
- Decreto Ejecutivo  (Executive Decree) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and 
the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade No. 28429-MAG-MEIC, Costa Rica; G/TBT/N/NIC/106 
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  8. Relevant documents:   (cont'd) 
- Decreto Ejecutivo  (Executive Decree) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock 
No. 26503-MAG, Costa Rica; 
- Decreto Ejecutivo  (Executive Decree) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock 
No. 27973-MAG, Costa Rica; 
- Decreto legislativo  (Legislative Decree) No. 315:  Ley sobre control de pesticidas, 
fertilizantes y productos para uso agropecuario y su reglamento  (Law on the control of 
pesticides, fertilizers and products for agricu ltural use, and the regulations thereto), 
El Salvador; 
- Decreto legislativo  (Legislative Decree) No. 524:  Ley de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal  
(Plant and animal health law), El Salvador; 
- Ley Fitozoosanitaria  (Plant and animal health law), Decree No. 157-94 and Decree 
No. 344-2005, Honduras; 
- Reglamento sobre el registro, uso y c ontrol de fertilizantes y materias primas  
(Regulation governing the registration, use a nd control of fertilizers and raw materials), 
Decree No. 002-94, Honduras; 
- Ley (Law) No. 274:  Ley Básica para la regulación y control de plaguicidas, sustancias 
toxicas, peligrosas y otra s similares y su reglamento  (Basic Law on the regulation and 
control of pesticides and toxic, hazardous  and other similar substances, and the 
regulations thereto), Nicaragua; 
- Acuerdo Ministerial  (Ministerial Decision) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock 
and Forestry (MAGFOR) No. 21-2001:  Registro de materias simples de fertilizantes 
edáficos y granulares  (Registration of simple edaphic and granular fertilizers), 
Nicaragua; 
- Ley de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal  (Plant and animal health law), Decree No. 36-98 and 
the regulations thereto, and Acuerdo Gubernativo  (Government Decision) No. 745-99, 
Guatemala; 
- Acuerdo Ministerial  (Ministerial Decision) No. 1221-2004:  Normas para el registro de 
personas individuales o jurídicas interesadas en realizar actividades vinculadas con 
insumos para uso agrícola y los requisitos para el registro de insumos para uso 
agrícola en el Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación  (Rules for the 
registration of natural and legal persons involved in activities related to inputs for 
agricultural use, and requirements for the re gistration of agricultural inputs with the 
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food), Guatemala. 
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 and E-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio 
Centro de Información sobre Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio 
Tel.: +(505) 267-0161, ext. 1130 or 1048 Fax: +(505) 267-0161, ext 1137 E-mail: imartinez@mific.gob.ni or dtnm@mific.gob.ni