WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/NIC/6
3 October 2001
(01-4739)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   NICARAGUA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Nicaraguan Energy Institute
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):           
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Nicaraguan
Mandatory Technical Standard for Hydrocarbon Supply (9 pages, in Spanish)
6. Description of content:   Establishes regulations covering the methods, techniques, analyses
or tests necessary to ensure that quality standards are met by finished petroleum products,
whether they are imported or refined within Nicaragua for subsequent marketing anddistribution by petroleum companies.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Environment
8. Relevant documents:   Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard No. 14 001 – 01 for the
Supply of Hydrocarbons
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:  October 2001
10. Final date for comments:   24 September 2001
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:           