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Notifying Member: NICARAGUA
If
applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency responsible: Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria, IPSA (Institute for Agricultural and Livestock Protection and
Health)
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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): White maize (Zea mays)
grain
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Regions or countries
likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[ ] All trading partners
[X] Specific regions or countries: Guatemala
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Title of the notified
document: Resolución 003-2025-IPSA,
Establecimiento de Requisitos Fitosanitarios para la Importación de Grano de
Maíz Blanco (Zea mays) procedentes de Guatemala
(Resolution 003-2025-IPSA, Phytosanitary requirements governing the
importation of white maize (Zea mays)
grain from Guatemala) Language(s): Spanish
Number of pages: 2
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/NIC/25_04152_00_s.pdf
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Description of content: The notified Resolution establishes the phytosanitary requirements
governing the importation of white maize (Zea
mays) grain originating in and coming from Guatemala.
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The phytosanitary certificate
must include the following additional declaration: White maize grain officially
inspected by the national plant protection organization (NPPO) of the country
of origin and found to be free from
Vicia villosa;
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The IPSA inspector will take
a sample to send to the Phytosanitary Diagnostic and Seed Quality Laboratory,
with the consignment being detained until the results of the analysis are
received.
Shipments will be subject to phytosanitary control by plant
quarantine inspectors from the Institute for Agricultural and Livestock
Protection and Health, who will verify compliance with the phytosanitary
requirements and decide whether or not to authorize importation, on the basis
of the accompanying documents.
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Objective and rationale:
[ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] protect humans
from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from other damage
from pests.
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Is there a relevant
international standard? If so, identify the standard:
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.
title or serial number of Codex standard or related text):
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health
(OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number):
[ ] International Plant Protection
Convention (e.g. ISPM number):
[X] None
Does
this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?
[ ]
Yes [ ] No
If no,
describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international
standard:
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Other relevant documents
and language(s) in which these are available: Law
No. 1020, "Ley de Protección Fitosanitaria de Nicaragua"
(available in Spanish)
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10.
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Proposed date of
adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy):
To be determined
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Proposed date of entry
into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):
To be determined
[X] Trade facilitating measure
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Final date for comments:
[X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 24 August 2025
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National
Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and
email address (if available) of other body:
Comisión Nacional de Normalización Técnica
y Calidad, CNNC (National Commission on Technical
Standardization and Quality)
Oficina de Información y Notificación (Information and Notification Office)
Kilómetro 6 de Carrera a Masaya, frente a
Camino de Oriente
Managua
Tel.: (+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1314 and 1310
Email: imartinez@cnnc.gob.ni
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Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email address
(if available) of other body:
Comisión Nacional de Normalización Técnica y Calidad, CNNC (National Commission on Technical Standardization and
Quality)
Oficina de Información y Notificación
(Information and Notification Office)
Kilómetro 6 de Carrera a Masaya, frente a Camino de Oriente
Managua
Tel.: (+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1314 and 1310
Email: imartinez@cnnc.gob.ni
Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria, IPSA (Institute for Agricultural and Livestock Protection and
Health)
Km 5½ Carretera Norte, contiguo a ENACAL Portezuelo Managua,
Nicaragua
Tel.: (+505) 2298 1330/2298 1331/2298 1349
Email: santiago.rodriguez@ipsa.gob.ni
Website: http://www.ipsa.gob.ni/
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