WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NIC/51 
1 May 2009 
 (09-2144) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Fertilizers 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title 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 conditione rs for agricultural use.  Registration 
requirements) Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  19 
6. Description of content:  The aim of the notified Regulation is to lay down the 
requirements for the registration of fertilizers and soil conditioners for agricultural use.  It 
applies to the registration of agricultura l fertilizers and soil c onditioners 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:  [   ] food safety , [ X ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] 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)  
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)  
[ X ] None 
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   Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [   ] Yes  [   ] No If no, describe, whenever possible, how a nd why it deviates from the international 
standard: 
9. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
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; 
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 agri cultural 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 and 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 s ubstances, 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 par a 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 registration of agricultura l inputs with the Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock and Food), Guatemala. 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Upon publication in the Official Journal 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  G/SPS/N/NIC/51 
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  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 ):  30 June 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio, MIFIC 
Km 6 carretera a Masaya, Managua, Nicaragua Tel.: +(505) 267-4551, ext 1276 
Fax: +(505) 267-4551, ext 1228 
E-mail:  dtnm@mific.gob.ni or nsolano@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 
Km 3 1/2 carretera a Masaya, Managua, Nicaragua 
Fax: +(505) 278-5042 or 270-9972 
E-mail: dgpsa@dgpsa.gob.n