LEGAL UPDATE: LAWS, DECREES, AGREEMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE JANUARY 2022

Feb 21, 2022 | English Blog

Posted by: Aura Torrez | Associate at Alvarado y Asociados.

MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT, INDUSTRY AND TRADE

NICARAGUAN MANDATORY TECHNICAL STANDARD NTON 03 113-20 ICS: 67.180.10 Fortified foods. Sugar. Requirements. The purpose of this Standard is to establish the requirements for fortification that must be met by all sugars for their commercialization in the country, in accordance with the classification and designation established in NTN 03 011 -020. This Standard is applicable to all sugars used for direct or indirect human consumption that are marketed in the country, whether domestically produced, imported or donated. Gazette No. 07, Pages 387 to 389, dated 01/13/2022.

NICARAGUAN MANDATORY TECHNICAL STANDARD NTON 03 112-20 ICS: 67.220.20 Fortified foods. Salt. Requirements. The purpose of this Standard is to establish the requirements for the fortification that salt must meet for its commercialization in the country. This Standard is applicable to salt for human consumption that is marketed in the country, whether domestically produced, imported or donated. Barbecue salt is exempt from fortification. Gazette No. 07, Pages 389 to 392, dated 01/13/2022.

 

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

LAW No. 1053 LAW OF THE NICARAGUAN LEGAL DIGEST ON HEALTH MATTERS. Dated December 10, 2020. The purpose of the Nicaraguan Legal Digest on Health Matters is to establish with certainty the current legal framework for health matters, contributing to the strengthening and development of the State of Nicaragua. For which the process of compilation, ordering, purification and consolidation of the legal framework of this Matter was carried out, in accordance with Law No. 963, Law of the Nicaraguan Legal Digest. It contains the records of the regulations in force; registration of International Instruments; norms without validity or historical right and registration of consolidated norms. Gazette No. 10, Pages 526 to 888, dated 01/18/2022.

LAW No. 1076 LAW OF THE NICARAGUAN LEGAL DIGEST ON INFRASTRUCTURE MATTERS. Dated July 6, 2021. The purpose of the Nicaraguan Legal Digest on Infrastructure Matters is to compile, order, purify and consolidate the current legal framework on this matter. It contains the records of the current legal regulations; registry of International Instruments approved and ratified by Nicaragua; the legal regulations not in force or Historical Law and registration of the consolidated legal regulations, related to Infrastructure matters. Gazette No. 10, Pages 888 to 957, dated 01/18/2022.

LAW No. 1102 LAW OF AMENDMENTS TO LAW No. 347, ORGANIC LAW OF THE NICARAGUAN INSTITUTE OF MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT. Dated January 20, 2022. Through this Law, articles 7, 8, 15, 20 and literal d) of article 21 of the Organic Law of the Nicaraguan Institute of Municipal Development (INIFOM) are reformed. The reform consists of the formation of the INIFOM Directorate, which will be in charge of a board of directors and two co-directors, and the organization and attributions of the members of the Board of Directors and the Co-directors. Gazette No. 13, Pages 1147 and 1148, dated 01/21/2022.

LAW No. 1103 LAW OF AMENDMENTS TO LAW No. 678, GENERAL LAW OF THE NICARAGUAN INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE. Dated January 20, 2022. Through this Law, articles 6, 7 subsections “a” and “d”, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 subsections “b”, “d”, “g”, “i”; the epigraph of the second chapter, article 15, first paragraph of article 16 and article 17 of the General Law of the Nicaraguan Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture are amended. Reforms to strengthen the Institution so that it contributes to optimal management throughout its structure, reforming its management bodies so that they adjust to the demands and service of the population, organizing it according to modern management techniques. Gazette No. 13, Pages 1148 and 1149, dated 01/21/2022.

LAW No. 1105 LAW OF AMENDMENT TO DECREE-LAW No. 7-90, LAW OF CREATION OF THE GENERAL BOARD OF NATIONAL PUBLIC SECTOR CORPORATIONS (CORNAP). Dated January 20, 2022. Through this Law, articles 2, literal d) of article 3, final part of article 10 of the Law for the Creation of the General Board of National Public Sector Corporations are amended. The reform is given in order to have more agile and efficient structures to carry out the functions that have been entrusted to it in Law No. 290, in order to achieve greater efficiency in Public Management. In the sense of changing the figure of President and Vice President of the General Board for that of General Director and Deputy General Director respectively, and in this way update legal and technical precepts that contribute to strengthening the institutional framework in accordance with the current legal system. Gazette No. 13, Pages 1150 and 1151, dated 01/21/2022.

LAW No. 1106 LAW OF AMENDMENT TO LAW No. 583 LAW CREATING THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION COMPANY, ENATREL AND ITS REFORMS. Dated January 20, 2022. Through this Law, article 6 of the Law Creating the National Electrical Transmission Company ENATREL is amended. The reform consists of the restructuring of the management bodies of the National Electrical Transmission Company (ENATREL), a decentralized public company of the State, in charge of the transport of electric energy for the satisfaction of the public energy service. Gazette No. 13, Page 1151, dated 01/21/2022.