. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NIC/47 
22 September 2008 
 (08-4431) 
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):  Fruit 
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:  Acuerdo Ministerial 
N° 007-2008, Establecimiento de Cuarentena In terna para Moscas de la Fruta en la Zona 
Norte del Lago Xolotlán (Ministerial Decision No. 007-2008:  Establishment of internal 
fruit-fly quarantine to the north of Lake  Xolotlán) (4 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:  The notified Decision establishes phytosanitary measures to 
ensure internal fruit-fly quarantine to the north  of Lake Xolotlán in an area of 633 square 
kilometres located between the municipalities of San Francisco Libre and El Jicaral, under the jurisdiction of the Departments of Managua and León respectively. 
 Quarantine measures are to be adopted a nd implemented to prevent the introduction 
of fruit flies as a phytosanitary protection measure to maintain the fruit-fly-free status of this 
area, in compliance with International St andards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) 
Nos. 4 and 26. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection, 
[   ] 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), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  International Standards for Phytosanitary 
Measures (ISPMs) Nos. 4 and 26 G/SPS/N/NIC/47 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Ministerial Decision 
No. 007-2008  
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 add ress, 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) 267-5356, 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