WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/NIC/25
15 August 2003
(03-4264)
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:   Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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 on Environmental Control of Fish and Shellfish Processing
Plants  (19 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This Standard establishes the technical and environmental criteria
for the location, water conservation practices and solid and liquid waste management of fish
and shellfish processing plants.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Environmental protection.
8. Relevant documents:   Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 05 017-03
on Environmental Control of Fish and Shellfish Processing Plants.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  November 2003
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after publication of this notification.
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body:
Web site: http://www.mific.gob.ni/docushare/dscgi/ds.py/View/Collection-174