WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NIC/55 
30 September 2010 
 (10-4970) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  NICARAGUA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio Agropecuario y Forestal , MAG-FOR (Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Animal feed (International Classificati on for Standards (ICS) code 65.120) 
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:  NTON 11 026 - 10, Norma Técnica Obligatoria 
Nicaragüense, Sistema de Registro e Identific ación de los Animales Bovinos en Producción 
Primaria, Transporte e Industrialización (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard 
(NTON) No. 11 026 - 10:  Registration and iden tification system for bovine animals during 
primary production, transport and processing). 
Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  21 
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:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [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 stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  G/SPS/N/NIC/55 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[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 langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the Eur opean Parliament and of the Council of 
28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority  and laying down procedures in matters of 
food safety;  
Council Directive 92/102/EEC of 27 November 1992 on identification and registration of 
animals;  
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the Eur opean Parliament and of the Council of 
17 July 2000 establishing a system for the iden tification and registration of bovine animals 
and regarding the labelling 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 Rastreabilidad 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 Anim al, para construir la Trazabilidad de los 
productos de origen animal  (Animal identification and regi stration 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 Consultiva de Trazabilidad  
(Executive Decree creating the National Advisory Committee on Traceability).  Ministry of 
Agricultural Development.  Panama, 2005; 
Documento sobre un Manual de Procedim ientos del Programa Identificación y 
Rastreabilidad Bovina  (Paper on a procedures manual for the bovine identification and 
traceability programme).  Ministry of Agricu lture, Livestock and Forestry, MAGFOR.  
Nicaragua, 2007;  G/SPS/N/NIC/55 
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  Perfeccionamiento de la trazabilidad y de la id entificacion 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 preliminary study .  Food Standards Agency.  London, 
2002; 
Animal traceability across nationa l frontiers in the European Union .  McGrann, J. and 
Wiseman H., 2001.  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be  determined 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be  determined 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  29 November 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.   Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body: 
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio 
Costado este del Hotel Metrocentro Managua, Nicaragua Tel.: +(505) 2267-4551, Ext. 1230 or 1209 Fax: +(505) 2267-4551, Ext. 1228 
E-mail: imartinez@mific.gob.ni or dtmn@mific.gob.ni 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio Agropecuario y Forestal 
Kilómetro 3½ carretera a Masaya Managua, Nicaragua Tel./Fax: +(505) 278-5042 or 270-9972 E-mail: dgpsa@dgpsa.gob.ni