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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NIC/13
17 November 2003
(03-6139)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish          
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  NICARAGUA
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  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):  Aquatic organisms
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:           
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  NTON 11 003-01 –
Sanitary Technical Standard for the Import and Movement of Aquatic Organisms within
National Territory (21 pages, in Spanish)
6. Description of content:  The purpose of this standard is to prevent the introduction and
spread of disease and causal agents in aquatic organisms, both farmed and from natural
populations, in national territory.  To this end, regulation and control mechanisms are
established in the form of sanitary measures that must be applied to all aquatic organismsentering the country alive (at any stage of development) for farming or ornamental
purposes, or dead, as food inputs.  All this is done in accordance with the general guidelines
recommended by international health agencies.
7. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[    ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [    ] Office International des Epizooties,
[    ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  NTON 11 003-01 –
Sanitary Technical Standard for the Import and Movement of Aquatic Organisms in
National Territory (available in Spanish from the national enquiry point).          
10. Proposed date of adoption:  September 2001G/SPS/N/NIC/13
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:  29 May 2002
The notification procedure was delayed pending the adoption of Government
decisions on the internal organizational infrastructure.
12. Final date for comments:           
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:           
13. Texts available from:  [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
E-mail:  nsolano@mific.gob.ni;  luisdinarte@hotmail.com