. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/1 
21 June 2004 
 (04-2673) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   HONDURAS
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Industry and Trade (SIC) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, E-mail and Web site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above: 
Directorate-General of Economic Integration and Trade Policy  
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle 
Edificio San José, 4th floor 
Tel.: (504) 235-5047 Fax:  (504) 235-3082 E-mail: pcomercial@sic.gob.hn Web site:  www.sic.gob.hn 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:    
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Organic agricultural 
products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Regulation on 
Organic Farming  (43 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The Regulation on Organic Farming applies to the production and 
harvesting or collection of products of plant origin, processed or non-processed, according 
to the principles established therein. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
1. Regulate the production, preparation and ma rketing of organic agricultural products 
and lay down rules governing the different stages of production and preparation and the certification of such products; 
2. Establish mechanisms to protect c onsumers against deception and fraud in the 
market-place and unsubsta ntiated product claims; 
3. Establish mechanisms to protect producers of organic produce against 
misrepresentation of other non-controlled agricultural produce as being organic; 
4. Ensure that all stages of production, pro cessing, preparation, storage, transport and 
marketing are subject to inspection and comply with these guidelines.  G/TBT/N/HND/1 
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8. Relevant documents:    
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24  June 1991 on organic production of 
agricultural products and indications refe rring thereto on agricultural products and 
foodstuffs; and Costa Rican Regulation on Organic Farming. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  60 days from the date of notification 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Six months from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses,  if available, of the other body:   
Subdirección de Sanidad Vegetal 
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Boulevard Miraflores, Ave. La FAO 
Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. Tel.:  (504) 235-8425 Fax:  (504) 235-8424 Web site:  www.sag.gob.hn 
E-mail: agriculturaorganica@multivisionhn.net