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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NIC/11
14 November 2003
(03-6136)
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 may be provided in addition, where applicable):
Fresh and processed agricultural exports
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
5. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Technical Standard on the
Phytosanitary Certification of Fresh and Processed Agricultural Exports  (18 pages, in
Spanish).
6. Description of content:  This Standard establishes the provisions, requirements and
procedures governing the phytosanitary certification of fresh and processed agricultural
exports in order to ensure compliance with the Basic Law on Animal and Plant Health, the
International Plant Protection Convention  (IPPC), the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and the specific
requirements of importing countries.
7. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection, [  X ]
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] 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:  Spanish
10. Proposed date of adoption:   June 2001
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  June 2001
Implementation of the notification procedure was delayed pending the adoption of
Government decisions on the internal organizational infrastructure.G/SPS/N/NIC/11
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12. Final date for comments:
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
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: