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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NIC/53 
27 July 2010 
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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):  Citrus fruit 
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:  Acuerdo Ministerial No. 021-2010, Establecer medidas 
fitosanitarias para la contención, el control y evitar la diseminación de la plaga Huanglongbing (HLB) o enverdecimiento de lo s cítricos en el territorio nacional 
(Ministerial Decision No. 021-2010 Establishing phytosanitary measures to contain, control and prevent the spread of Huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening disease in national 
territory). 
Language:  Spanish  Number of pages:  4 
6. Description of content:  Declaration of the Huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening 
disease, caused by the Candidatus Liberibacter  spp. bacterium, as a regulated pest. 
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)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[X] None G/SPS/N/NIC/53 
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   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 language (s) in which these are available:  None  
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) :  25 September 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 oeste del Hotel Metrocentro o frente donde fue el Chamán Managua, Nicaragua Tel.: +(505) 2267-4551, ext. 1276 or 1230 Fax: +(505) 2267-4551, ext. 1228 E-mail: nsolano@mific.gob.ni or imartínez@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 Fax: +(505) 2278-5042 E-mail: dgpsa@dgpsa.gob.ni