. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NIC/34 
5 July 2006 
 (06-3254) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   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):  Live bovine animals (01.02), live horse s (01.01), live goats (0104.20) and live 
swine (01.03) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   
 Trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Medidas Sanitarias para 
el Control y Erradicación de la Tuberculosis (Sanitary measures for the control and 
eradication of tuberculosis). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Agreement estab lishes the mandatory sanitary 
measures to be adopted in relation to the Subprograma Nacional de Control y Erradicación 
de la Tuberculosis Bovina, SNCETB  (National sub-programme for the control and 
eradication of bovine tuberculosis) and othe r species susceptible to tuberculosis.  The 
SNCETB is an integral part of the Programa Nacional de Control y Erradicación de 
Enfermedades Endémicas , PNCEE (National programme for the control and eradication of 
endemic diseases). 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests  
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE),  [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Available in Spanish 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Upon publication in the Official Journal, La Gaceta . 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Upon publication in the Official Journal, La Gaceta . G/SPS/N/NIC/34 
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  12. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of notification. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [  ] National enquiry point or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Dirección de Tecnología, Normal ización y Metrología del MIFIC 
Km 6 carretera a Masaya 
Managua, Nicaragua 
Tel.: (505) 267-0161, ext. 1048 Fax: (505) 267-2019 E-mail: nsolano@mific.gob.ni
 
Web site: www.mific.gob.ni  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Dirección General de Protección y Sa nidad Agropecuaria (DGPSA-MAGFOR) 
Kilómetro 3½  carretera a Masaya Managua, Nicaragua  Fax: (505) 278-5042  
E-mail: dgpsa@dgpsa.gob.ni