. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PAN/32 
6 January 2005 
 
 (05-0051) 
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:   REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   Not applicable.  
In Panama, technical regulations are not  prepared by local government; only the 
Directorate-General for Standards and I ndustrial Technology, a central government 
authority, is so authorised. 
2. Agency responsible:  Directorate-General for Standards and Industrial Technology - 
DGNTI (responsible for processing notifications). 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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:  
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):   Other animal products - 
International Classification for St andards (ICS) code 67.120.20 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Reglamento Técnico 
DGNTI COPANIT 14-2004 (1ra. actualizaci ón):  Huevos de Gallina para Consumo 
(Directorate-General for Standards and Indus trial Technology-Panamanian Commission for 
Industrial and Technical Standards (DGNTI-C OPANIT) Technical Regulation No. 14-2004 
(First Revision): Hens' Eggs for Cons umption)  (5 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Definitions, requirements and labelling. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 To establish the physical and microbiological characteristics of loose and packaged 
eggs for consumption. 
 Consumer health and safety. 
8. Relevant documents:  
- Norma Técnica DGNTI-COPANIT 241:  Huevos de Gallina para Consumo  
(Directorate-General for Standards a nd Industrial Technology-Panamanian 
Commission for Industrial and Technical Standards (DGNTI-COPANIT) Technical 
Regulation No. 241:  Hens' eggs for consumption); 
- Decreto Ejecutivo 368 del 27/9/1995 del Ministro del Salud  (Ministry of Health 
Executive Decree No. 368 of 27 September 1995);  G/TBT/N/PAN/32 
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 8. Relevant documents:   (cont'd) 
 
- Norma COPANIT 52-79: Etiquetado de Alimentos para Productos Preempacados 
(Panamanian Commission for Industrial and Technical Standards (COPANIT) Standard No. 52-79:  Labelling of pre-packaged food products) . 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 December 2004  
Proposed date of entry into force:  -  
10. Final date for comments:  Immediately 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site address es, if available, of other body:   
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial 
Av. Ricardo J. Alfaro y Calle El Paical Edif. Plaza Edison, tercer piso Ciudad de Panamá Tel.:   (507) 360-0716 
Fax:   (507) 360-0721 
E-mail:  dgnti@mici.gob.pa