. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NIC/49 
25 November 2008 
 (08-5780) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Fishery and aquaculture products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affect ed, to the extent relevant or practicable:
 
 Trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  NTON 11 022 – 08, 
Norma Técnica Obligatoria Nicaragüense. Sistema de Trazabilidad en Productos de Pesca y Acuicultura  (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 11 022-08: 
Traceability system for fisher y and aquaculture products) (15 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified Technical Standard establishes a traceability system 
for fishery and aquaculture products. 
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, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] 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:  
European Legislation: Council Directiv e 96/23/EC; Regulation (EC) No 178/2002; 
Commission Decision 98/179/EC; Commission Directive 2006/13/EC; Directive 2002/32/EC; Commission Regulation (EC) No 466/2001;  Commission Decision 
2003/181/EC; Commission Decision 2004/25/EC; Council Directive 92/48/EC; 
Commission Decision 94/356/EC; Regulation (EC) No 852/2004;  Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;  Regulation (EC) No 882/2004;  Regulation (EC) No 854/2004;  and Directive 200/13/EC. G/SPS/N/NIC/49 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Nicaraguan 
Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 11  022-08:  Traceability system for fishery and 
aquaculture products.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Upon publication in the Official Journal 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined 
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 a ddress, 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, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministerio Agropecuario y Forestal, MAG-FOR 
Km 3 1/2 carretera a Masaya, Managua, Nicaragua 
Fax: +(505) 278-5042  or  270-9972 E-mail: dgpsa@dgpsa.gob.ni