. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/NIC/84 
19 July 2007 
 (07-3057) 
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) 
Dirección de Regulación de Alimentos  (Directorate of Food Regulation) 
Tel./Fax:  +(505) 2894717   +(505) 2894700 ext. 115 
E-mail:  alimento@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 provide d in addition, where applicable):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 67.020 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCA 67.04.40:07  
Alimentos y Bebidas Procesados.  Gras as y Aceites.  Especificaciones  (Central American 
Technical Regulation (RTCA) 67.04.40:07  Processed  Foods and Beverages.  Fats and Oils.  
Specifications) (23 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:    
 The purpose of this Regulation is to establis h the general specifications that must be 
met by vegetable, animal and marine oils a nd fats and their edible by-products, which are 
pre-packaged and processed so as to be su itable for human consumption and which are 
marketed within the Central American area. 
 The specifications and parameters containe d in this Regulation apply to the above-
mentioned pre-packaged refined oils and fats.  When an oil or fat has been subjected to 
some process of chemical change or to geogr aphical or climatic variations, supplementary 
or reference criteria may, for those reasons, be used, in order to confirm that they comply 
with the Regulation. G/TBT/N/NIC/84 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
 Protection of human health and prevention of practices likely to mislead the 
consumer. 
8. Relevant documents:   Norma General para grasas y ace ites comestibles no regulados por 
normas individuales  (General Standard for Edible Fats and Oils not regulated by individual 
standards) CODEX STAN 19-1981 (Rev.2 1999) 
 
 Norma para margarina  (Standard for margarine) CODEX STAN 32-1981 (Rev.1 
1989) 
 Norma para Aceites Vegetales especificados  (Standard for Specified Vegetable 
Oils) CODEX STAN 210 (Rev. 2003, 2005). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Upon publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of entry into force:  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