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Notifying Member: NICARAGUA

If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible:

Autoridad Nacional del Agua, ANA (National Water Authority)

Dirección General de Agua Potable y Saneamiento (Directorate-General of Drinking Water and Sanitation)

Residencial Bolonia, INTUR, 4 cuadras al Sur

Tel.: 2266-8444, 2266-8446, 2266-8447

Email: MGuanopatín@ana.gob.ni

www.ana.gob.ni/

Ministerio de Salud, MINSA (Ministry of Health)

Dirección General de Regulación Sanitaria, DGRS (Directorate-General of Health Regulation)

Conchita Palacios, Costado Oeste Colonia Primero de Mayo

Tel.: 2289-4700, Ext. 1005, 2289-4401

Email: dgrs@minsa.gob.ni

www.minsa.gob.ni/

Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:

Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio (Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade)

Address: Kilómetro 6 de Carrera a Masaya, frente a Camino de Oriente

Tel.: (+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1314 and 1310

Email: normalizacion@mific.gob.ni imartinez@mific.gob.ni

www.mific.gob.ni/Inicio/Comercio/Comercio-Interior/SNC/snn

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Drinking water (ICS 13.060.20); Water supply systems (ICS 91.140.60)

Tank vehicle. Water for human consumption.

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: NTON 09001:2022 Agua para consumos humano. Vehículo cisterna. Requisitos sanitarios y técnicos (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 09001:2022: "Water for human consumption. Tank vehicle. Sanitary and technical requirements") (20 pages, in Spanish)

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Description of content: The notified regulation establishes the sanitary and technical requirements to be met by tank vehicles that are used for transporting and distributing water for human consumption, and the technical, administrative and legal provisions to be met by natural or legal persons engaged in this activity.

This standard is mandatory for natural or legal persons, whether public or private, that transport and distribute water for human consumption using tank vehicles, in situations of regular and irregular supply, supply cuts, in programmed cases and in emergency cases due to natural or anthropogenic phenomena.

This standard does not apply to tanks for transporting and distributing water for human consumption with a capacity of less than 3m3.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Protection of human health or safety

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Relevant documents:

Normas Regionales CAPRE, Normas de Calidad del Agua para el consumo, aprobada por el Acuerdo Ministerial N° 65-94, del Ministerio de Salud.

Normativa - 066: Manual de procedimientos para la vigilancia sanitaria del agua para consumo humano. Acuerdo Ministerial 575-2021, del Ministerio de Salud.

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined

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Final date for comments: 7 January 2023

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio (MIFIC)

Dirección de Normalización y Metrología, DNM (Directorate of Standardization and Metrology)

Oficina de Información y Notificación, OIN (Information and Notification Office)

Carretera a Masaya, Kilómetro 6, frente a Camino de Oriente. Managua, Nicaragua

Tel.: (+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1320; 1314; 1310

Email: imartinez@mific.gob.ni; notificacion@mific.gob.ni; normalizacion@mific.gob.ni;

Website: www.mific.gob.ni/Inicio/Comercio/Comercio-Interior/SNC/snn/enn/ncp

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/NIC/22_8356_00_s.pdf