WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/NIC/24
15 August 2003
(03-4269)
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 Health
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 Food Storage  (10 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This Standard establishes the general and specific minimum
sanitary requirements for warehouses and/or storage facilities designed to protect and
preserve both food raw materials and food products to ensure that they are kept in optimum
condition.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Health protection.
8. Relevant documents:   Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 03 040 -03
on Food Storage.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }September 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:
E-mail:    nsolano@mific.gob.ni  and alimento@minsa.gob.ni
Web site http://www.mific.gob.ni/docushare/dscgi/ds.py/View/Collection-174