The notified Executive Resolution lays down mandatory administrative, technical and health provisions concerning the registration, identification and traceability of swine in Nicaragua. These provisions are mandatory for any natural or legal person, whether public or private, involved in the swine supply chain. This includes:• Pig farms (industrial, semi-industrial, family-run or backyard)• Collection centres• Genetic centres• Transporters and means of transport of swine• Marketers• Slaughterhouses, municipal abattoirs, and processing plants.The Resolution provides for registration in the Trazar-Agro traceability system and assignment of a Unique Facility Identifier (CUE); it also regulates individual or batch identification, including RFID ear tags for breeding stock and imported or exported swine.G/SPS/N/NIC/377- 2 -