WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NIC/56 
20 December 2010 
 (10-6816) 
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 de Salud  (Ministry of Health) 
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):  Pesticides for domestic use (Internati onal Classification for Standards (ICS) 
code 65.100) 
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:  RTCA 65.03.57:10, Plaguicidas.  Plaguicidas de uso 
doméstico y de uso profesional .  Requisitos de etiquetado (Central American Technical 
Regulation (RTCA) No. 65.03.57:10:  Pesticid es.  Pesticides for domestic and professional 
use.  Labelling requirements).  Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  19 
6. Description of content:  The notified Technical Regulation establishes the information and 
specifications that are to appear on the labe ls of pesticides for domestic and professional 
use. 
It applies to the labels of pesticides for domestic and professional use in their different 
formulations and presentations. 
It does not apply to pesticides of botanical or microbiological origin. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] 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 number)  
[X] None  G/SPS/N/NIC/56 
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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: 
• Guidelines on Good Labelling Practice for Pesticides , Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome 1995 (in English); 
• Norma COGUANOR NGO 44 063.  Plaguicidas .  Rotulado para los productos de 
uso casero  (Guatemalan Standards Comm ission (COGUANOR) Mandatory 
Standard (NGO) No. 44 063:  "Pesticides.   Labelling of household products") 
(in Spanish); 
• Norma COGUANOR NGO 44 052.  Plaguicidas.  Etiquetado de plaguicidas 
químicos formulados para uso en la agricultura.  2ª Revisión  (Guatemalan 
Standards Commission (COGUANOR) Mandatory Standard (NGO) No. 44 052:  "Pesticides.  Labelling of chemical pestic ides formulated for u se in agriculture", 
2
nd Revision) (in Spanish); 
• Norma para la Clasificación Toxicológica y Etiquetado de Plaguicidas de uso 
Doméstico y en Salud Pública.  Norma Técnica Obligatoria Nicaragüense NTON 02 003-98 (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 02 003-98:  "Standard for t oxicological classification and labelling of 
pesticides for household use and in public health") (in Spanish); 
• Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-046-SSA1-199 3, Plaguicidas-Productos para uso 
doméstico-etiquetado  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-046-SSA1-1993:  
"Pesticides - Products for domestic use - Labelling") (in Spanish); 
• Reglamento de Costa Rica, Decreto 30045-S  (Costa Rican Regulation, 
Decree No. 30045-S) (in Spanish); 
• Manual sobre elaboración y empleo de las especificaciones de la FAO y de la OMS 
para plaguicidas.  Especificaciones para  plaguicidas (Manual on Development and 
Use of FAO and WHO Specifications for Pesticides), Rome 2004 (in Spanish); 
• Requerimientos de etiquetado par a productos empacados, Organización 
Internacional de Metrología Legal, OIML R79/1997  (International Organization of 
Legal Metrology, OIML R79/1997:  "Labelling requirements for prepackaged products" (in Spanish); 
• The WHO Recommended Classification by Hazard and Guidelines to 
Classification 2004 .  Corrigenda published by 12 April 2005 incorporated.  
International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) (in English). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Date of publication in the Official Journal 
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  G/SPS/N/NIC/56 
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  12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  18 February 2011 
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 
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 
Ministerio de Salud 
Dirección de Toxicología Managua, Nicaragua Tel.: +(505) 2289-7150 or 2289-3328 E-mail: cn-toxico@minsa.gob.ni