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Table AI.1
Honduras: Exports by country, 1995-2001
Description 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total  (US$ million) 656.0 846.0 1,033.3 974.1 761.0 1,077.6 1,311.2
Memo:  Maquila  exports are not included in
total exports nor used for the breakdown below.Per cent
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
America 52.2 66.8 73.4 76.5 80.2 76.9 79.7
USA 42.7 59.0 68.0 54.6 57.3 55.7 59.1
Canada 1.2 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 1.8
Other America 8.3 6.8 4.8 21.5 22.7 21.0 18.8
El Salvador 1.4 1.8 1.0 7.3 10.1 9.9 9.8
Guatemala 0.7 0.8 0.7 5.9 7.7 6.0 5.1
Nicaragua 2.8 0.9 0.7 4.5 1.3 1.3 0.8
Jamaica 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.6
Trinidad and Tobago 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.5
Costa Rica 0.8 0.6 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.9 0.4
Mexico 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.4
Panama 0.4 1.3 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.2
Europe 36.9 26.9 21.5 18.4 14.5 15.9 17.2
EU (15) 36.3 25.4 21.1 17.9 14.2 15.1 15.4
United Kingdom 1.6 1.7 3.1 2.3 1.4 1.7 3.4
G e r m a n y 1 9 . 3 1 1 . 18 . 06 . 14 . 6 5 . 73 . 3
Spain 3.9 2.9 2.4 1.6 1.8 1.2 2.4
Belgium 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.6 2.1
Netherlands 1.7 2.4 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.5
Italy 2.4 2.0 2.1 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.2
France 1.8 1.2 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.7
EFTA 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1
Eastern Europe 0.4 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.7 1.7
Former USSR 0.0 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
Poland 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.6
Other Europe 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Asia 10.3 4.5 5.0 5.1 4.7 6.4 2.8
Middle East 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0
East Asia 10.1 4.4 4.8 4.9 4.5 6.3 2.7
Japan 6.7 2.7 2.7 3.6 3.5 5.0 1.7
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 2.8 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.7 0.8 0.7
Korea, Republic of 0.6 1.4 1.3 1.1 0.2 0.4 0.2
South Asia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Oceania 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Africa 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other Africa 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rest of world 0.5 1.6 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.2
Source: United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), Comtrade database.WT/TPR/S/120 Trade Policy Review
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Table AI.2
Honduras: Imports by country, 1995-2001
Description 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total (US$ million) 1,727.5 1,922.2 2,435.0 2,569.7 2,651.9 2,914.9 2,997.1
Memo:  Maquila  imports are not included in
total imports nor used for the breakdown below.Per cent
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
America 76.4 81.5 88.8 84.5 83.9 86.0 84.8
USA 46.6 51.8 61.2 53.9 48.8 47.8 43.6
Canada 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6
Other America 29.2 29.3 27.3 30.1 34.5 37.6 40.6
Guatemala 6.8 6.9 6.5 8.0 7.7 7.9 8.3
El Salvador 4.0 4.6 4.8 5.1 6.1 6.2 5.6
Mexico 4.2 4.6 4.4 4.8 5.2 4.9 5.1
Panama 2.5 2.3 3.0 4.0 4.3 5.0 4.6
Costa Rica 2.6 3.1 2.2 2.7 2.0 3.0 3.9
Venezuela 1.3 1.2 1.1 2.0 3.2 2.2 2.9
Netherlands Antilles 2.8 1.6 0.3 0.2 1.0 2.4 2.4
Trinidad and Tobago 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.8 1.2 1.4
Colombia 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.2 1.2
Brazil 1.5 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.0 1.1
Nicaragua 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.9
Ecuador 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4
Europe 15.7 8.0 5.1 7.6 8.2 6.5 7.3
EU (15) 14.5 6.9 4.3 6.8 7.1 5.5 6.6
Spain 1.6 1.1 0.8 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.7
Germany 2.5 2.0 0.9 1.3 1.7 1.3 1.5
France 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.7
Italy 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.7
EFTA 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.2
Eastern Europe 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5
Former USSR 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.4
Other Europe 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Asia 6.2 6.8 5.2 7.5 7.1 7.0 6.7
Middle East 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
East Asia 6.0 6.4 5.0 7.2 6.6 6.6 6.2
Japan 3.4 4.1 2.9 4.6 4.0 4.2 3.7
China 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.8
Taipei, China 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6
Hong Kong, China 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4
South Asia 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
Oceania 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5
Africa 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2
Other 1.3 2.8 0.5 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.4
Source: UNSD, Comtrade database.Honduras WT/TPR/S/120
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Table AI.3
Honduras: Exports by product, 1995-2001
Description 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total exports (US$ million) 656.0 846.0 1,033.3 974.1 761.0 1,077.6 1,311.2
Memo:  Maquila  exports are not included in total
exports nor used for the breakdown below.Per cent
Total primary products 90.7 69.4 71.5 82.9 67.8 66.8 71.2
Agriculture 90.2 67.6 68.3 81.1 66.2 62.5 66.7
Food 86.9 64.7 65.3 78.8 61.4 58.8 63.1
0711 Coffee, not roasted 51.2 28.1 28.0 3.7 33.3 33.5 12.5
0573 Bananas (including plantains), fresh or
dried18.4 16.3 14.0 12.9 3.4 6.4 15.1
0361 Crustaceans, frozen 5.4 6.5 7.0 3.8 4.0 3.4 15.8
0579 Fruit, fresh or dried, n.e.s. 4.0 3.0 2.9 3.5 4.0 3.3 4.6
4222 Palm oil and its fractions 0.5 0.2 0.0 2.3 1.8 1.5 1.8
0599 Juice of any single fruit (other than citrus)
or vegetable0.0 0.4 0.0 0.7 1.4 1.0 0.7
1221 Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos, containing
tobacco0.3 1.9 1.8 0.4 1.7 1.0 2.5
1222 Cigarettes containing tobacco 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.5
0545 Fresh or chilled vegetables, n.e.s. 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.8
1211 Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 1.2 0.7 0.8
0984 Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed
condiments and mixed seasonings;0.2 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.5
Agricultural raw materials 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.3 4.8 3.6 3.5
2482 Wood of coniferous species, sawn or
chipped lengthwise0.6 0.4 0.1 0.6 3.2 2.1 2.0
Mining 0.5 1.7 3.3 1.8 1.6 4.3 4.5
Ores and other minerals 0.4 1.6 3.0 1.6 1.1 3.9 4.0
2875 Zinc ores and concentrates 0.0 1.1 0.7 1.0 0.4 2.9 2.6
Non-ferrous metals 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
Fuels 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.2
Manufactures 9.1 30.5 27.5 16.8 31.8 32.5 27.0
Iron and steel 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.9
Chemicals 1.7 1.6 1.5 5.0 5.9 6.0 5.7
5541 Soap 0.5 0.7 0.3 3.0 3.2 3.6 3.9
Other semi-manufactures 3.5 3.1 3.2 5.8 6.3 5.2 3.7
6359 Manufactured articles of wood, n.e.s. 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.6
6931 Stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands,
etc.0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.7
Machinery and transport equipment 0.7 3.3 1.9 1.2 3.0 2.2 1.6
Power-generating machines 0.1 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0
Other non-electrical machinery 0.2 1.0 0.8 0.3 1.0 1.1 0.3
Agricultural machinery and tractors 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
Office machines and telecommunication
equipment0.0 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.1
Other electrical machinery 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.7
Automotive products 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.4
Other transport equipment 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1
Textiles 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.3
Clothing 0.6 3.2 2.9 0.3 3.6 2.5 6.8
8448 Underwear, nightwear, etc. 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.6 0.6
Other consumer goods 1.9 18.1 17.3 3.2 11.6 15.1 6.9
8928 Printed matter, n.e.s. 0.0 15.8 14.6 0.0 7.8 12.7 4.4
8215 Furniture, n.e.s., of wood 1.0 0.6 0.1 0.9 1.8 1.1 1.1
Other 0.2 0.2 1.0 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.8
Gold 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 1.7
Source: UNSD, Comtrade database.WT/TPR/S/120 Trade Policy Review
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Table AI.4
Honduras: Imports, 1995-2001
Description 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total imports (US$ million) 1,727.5 1,922.2 2,435.0 2,569.7 2,651.9 2,914.9 2,997.1
Memo:  Maquila  imports are not included in total
imports nor used for the breakdown below.Per cent of total
Total primary products 26.4 31.2 31.9 26.3 27.7 31.7 33.1
Agriculture 13.7 16.7 20.4 17.1 17.3 17.5 18.3
Food 12.6 15.5 17.9 16.0 16.6 16.5 17.7
0989 Food preparations, n.e.s. 1.9 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.4 2.3 2.9
0222 Milk and cream, concentrated or
sweetened0.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.1
0481 Cereal grains, worked or prepared in
a manner not elsewhere specified0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7
0449 Maize, other, unmilled 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.0
0813 Oil-cake and other solid residues
resulting from the extraction of fats or oils from
oilseeds0.5 0.4 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9
Agricultural raw materials 1.1 1.2 2.5 1.0 0.7 1.1 0.7
Mining 12.7 14.6 11.5 9.2 10.3 14.2 14.8
Ores and other minerals 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Non-ferrous metals 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.3
Fuels 11.5 13.5 10.3 8.1 9.3 13.1 13.4
3344 Fuel oils, n.e.s. 8.0 8.6 5.7 5.1 5.4 7.3 7.5
3341 Gasoline (motor spirit) and other light
oils2.0 3.0 2.8 1.5 2.2 3.7 3.6
3342 Kerosene and other medium oils 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.9
Manufactures 73.5 68.6 67.9 73.6 72.1 68.1 66.5
Iron and steel 3.5 4.2 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.0 4.0
Chemicals 17.3 16.9 14.1 15.0 15.2 14.9 16.8
5429 Medicaments, n.e.s. 2.6 2.2 2.0 2.6 2.8 3.2 3.6
Other semi-manufactures 12.5 11.3 10.6 11.0 10.6 10.4 11.2
6421 Cartons, boxes, cases, bags and other
packing containers, of paper or paperboard0.9 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.3
Machinery and transport equipment 29.1 23.8 26.2 32.5 31.5 28.4 25.5
Power-generating machines 7.1 0.8 0.7 2.8 2.0 1.5 1.1
Other non-electrical machinery 7.8 6.9 9.2 10.9 10.3 8.7 7.2
Agricultural machinery and tractors 0.7 0.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.4
Office machines and telecommunications
equipment2.9 4.5 4.1 4.1 5.3 4.6 4.2
Other electrical machinery 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.6
Automotive products 7.3 7.4 8.1 10.0 9.3 9.0 8.0
7821 Motor vehicles for the transport of
goods3.5 3.9 4.7 6.0 5.3 4.8 4.2
7812 Motor vehicles for the transport of
persons1.3 1.4 1.5 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.7
7843 Other motor vehicles parts and
accessories1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
Other transport equipment 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.4
Textiles 2.6 2.9 3.1 2.4 2.0 1.9 0.7
Clothing 3.6 4.6 4.3 3.2 3.0 2.7 1.1
Other consumer goods 4.8 4.8 6.1 6.0 6.6 6.8 7.2
8931 Articles for the conveyance or packing
of goods, of plastics0.8 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.2
Other 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4
Gold 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Source: UNSD, Comtrade database.Honduras WT/TPR/S/120
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Table AIII.1
Honduran labelling requirements, May 2003
Product Mandatory label contents Legal basis
Food and beverages - Name of the food
- Name or company name of the manufactu rer or packer of the food or food
product
- Country of origin of the food- List of ingredients- Lot identification- Net contents- Sanitary registration number-U s e - b y  d a t eDecree No. 65-91
Meat products and by-
products- Business name of the company or establishment
- Business address of the establishment- Authorization number issued to the establishment by SENASA- Product name- Qualitative composition of the raw materials and ingredients used in the
processing of the product
- Composition and nutritional factors-N e t  w e i g h t- Official seal with the statement "Inspected and approved by the Ministry of
Agriculture and Livestock, Republic of Honduras"
- Directions for consumer useDecision No. 078-00
Fisheries and
aquaculture products
and by-products- Business name of the company or establishment
- Business address of the establishment- Authorization number issued to the establishment by SENASA- Product name- Date of processing-U s e - b y  d a t e
- Raw materials and ingredients used in the processing of the product and their
composition and weight
- Proximal composition and nutritional factors- Lot number-N e t  w e i g h t- Official seal with the statement "Inspected and approved by the Ministry of
Agriculture and Livestock, Republic of Honduras"Decision No. 1081
Cosmetics - Product name
- Trademark proprietor- Manufacturer- Lot number- Sanitary registration number- Contents- Ingredient composition- Directions for use and preparation, if necessary- Special storage and preservation conditions, if necessary- Expiry date in keeping with the nature of the productDecree No. 65-91 and
Decision No. 2368
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Product Mandatory label contents Legal basis
Medicine - Product name (generic and/or proprietary name)
- Pharmaceutical form and quantitative composition of active ingredients,
expressed as generic names and legibly and prominently displayed
- Administration method
- Trademark proprietor and manufacturer- Lot number-E x p i r y  d a t e- The warning "keep out of the reach of children"- Container contents- Contraindications and warnings- Registration number- Over-the-counter or prescription medicine- The instruction "keep refrigerated" and special storage or other requirements,
where necessary
- Statement referring to preparation and administration methods, where required- Labels and packaging of prescription drugs may not give therapeutic
instructions or uses
Products classified as subject to special control must carry the warning "product
may cause dependency or addiction" and 
clearly and prominently display a red
letter "C", standing for "Controlled", which is affixed by importing pharmacies,chemist's shops and drugstores.Decree No. 65-91 and
Decision No. 2368
Seeds - All information on the label must be in Spanish
- Company or business name of seller- Seed category and variety and lot number under which it is registered in the
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock National Seed Production Programme
-N e t  w e i g h t- Labels of seeds treated with substances which are toxic to humans or animals
must display the skull-and-crossbones symbol with the warning "Not suitable
for human or animal consumption; treated with toxic substances"Decision No. 1942
Veterinary products - Established name of the speciality or product name
- Qualitative and quantitative centesimal composition (active or inert ingredients,
indicating quantity per dosage unit)
- Product presentation
- Registration number in Honduras assigned by the Ministry of Natural
Resources (SRN)
-E x p i r y  d a t e- Name of manufacturing laboratory- Storage conditions and conservation temperature- Indications, precautions, antidote where applicable, form of elimination from
patient's body, withdrawal period prior to slaughter and for the elimination of
products of animal origin
- Lot or batch number- Directions for use and dosage- The statement "For veterinary use" 
displayed clearly and prominentlyExecutive Decision
No. 08-96
Source: WTO Secretariat, on the basis of information provided by the Honduran authorities.Honduras WT/TPR/S/120
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Table AIII.2
Participation of Honduras in international IPR agreements
Agreement, convention or treaty (latest Act to which Honduras is a party) Date of ratification
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Paris) 25 January 1990
Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by
SatelliteNot a member
Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the
Purposes of Patent ProcedureNot a member
Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization 15 November 1983
Geneva Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized
Duplication of Their Phonograms19 October 1989
Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs Not a member
Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration Not a member
Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs Not a member
Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods Not a member
Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks Not a member
Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol October 1984
Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes
of the Registration of MarksNot a member
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (Stockholm) 4 February 1994
Rome Convention for the Protection of Perfor mers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting
Organisations25 October 1989
Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification Not a member
Trademark Law Treaty Not a member
Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks Not a member
International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants Not a member
Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs
(not yet in force)Not a member
General Inter-American Convention for Trademark and Commercial Protection 29 January 1935
Patent Law Treaty (not yet in force) Not a member
WIPO Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) In process of being ratified
WIPO Copyright Treaty 17 December 2001
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty 17 December 2001
Source: WTO Secretariat, on the basis of information furnished by WIPO (available at:
http://www.wipo.int/treaties/general/parties.html#1) and the Honduran Directorate-General of Intellectual Property
Rights (available at: http://www.sict.gob.hn/digepih/).WT/TPR/S/120 Trade Policy Review
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Table AIII.3
IPR legislation
Statute Date Coverage and remarks
Industrial Property
Industrial Property Law Decree Law No. 12-99-E of 30
December 1999; entered into force on
28 February 2000.Industrial property, patents, trademarks,
geographical indications, appellations of origin,industrial secrets. Provisions on payment of taxes,
limitations, exceptions, rights and obligations.
Draft Law on the Protection of New
Plant VarietiesThis draft law was submitted for
adoption to Congress on 14 October
1999.Bases and procedures for protecting the rights of
plant breeders.
Draft Regulation on the ProcedureGoverning Special Requirements
Related to Border Measures
Draft Law on Layout-Designs ofIntegrated CircuitsThis draft law was submitted for
adoption to Congress on 14 October
1999.The draft law contains 34 Articles.
It includes basic provisions on layout-designs
(topographies) and incorporates general provisionsand basic principles on applications and
examination, nullification, cancellation, transfers
and licences, criminal liability and damages, and
extinction of rights.
Copyright
Law on Copyright and Related Rights Decree Law No. 4-99-E of 13 December
1999, published in the Official Gazette
of 15 January 2000.This Law regulates the requirements for the
registration of literary and artistic works,
producers of phonograms, performers,broadcasting organizations and cable transmission
and contains provisions on the organization and
functioning of collective management. It containslimitations on and exceptions to copyright, such as
the term of and limitations on protection. It also
contains administrative procedures and penalties
and criminal and civil penalties.
Other Laws and Regulations
1982 Constitution of the Republic(Article 133)Decree Law No. 131, 1982. Recognizes the need for protective legislation for
independent intellectual work and the results
thereof.
Commercial Code (Articles 660-690) Decree Law No. 73, 1906. Contains general provisions on trade names,
distinctive signs, trademarks and patents.
Administrative Procedures Law Decree Law No. 152, 1987. Establishes guidelines for administrative
procedures and remedies, including penalties.
Civil Code Decree Law No. 73, 1906. Injunctions whereby a party can be required to act
in a particular manner.
Criminal Procedural Code; AmendedCriminal Code; Code of Criminal
ProcedureDecree No. 9-99, published in the
Official Gazette on 20 May 2000;
Decrees Nos. 191-96 and 59-97;  and
Decree No. 189-84, which entered into
force on 13 March 1985.Sets out penalties for infringements of intellectual
property rights.
Customs Law
Uniform Central American Customs
Code (CAUCA)
Regulation of the Uniform Central
American Customs Code
(RECAUCA)Decree Law No. 212-87, adopted on 14
December 1987 and entered into force
on 1 January 1988.
Decision No. 23-03, published in
Official Gazette No. 30026 of 4 March
2003.
Decision No. 007 - 2003, published in
Official Gazette No. 30027 of 4 March
2003Customs authorities are entitled to monitor and
control the passage of persons, goods and means
of transport across the country's borders.
Source: WTO Secretariat document IP/N/1/HND/1 of 23 October 2002.Honduras WT/TPR/S/120
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Table AIII.4
Honduran IPR enforcement regime
Civil and administrative procedures
Jurisdiction over cases For civil procedures, ordinary civil courts I, II, III and IV, civil magistrates' courts, Court of Appeal and
Supreme Court of Justice.
For administrative procedures: the Ministry of Industry and Trade through the Directorate-General of
Intellectual Property Rights; the Ministry of Agriculture, the Seed Certification Department of theDirectorate-General of the National Agricultural Health Service (SENASA); the Executive Directorate
of Revenue (DEI); the State Prosecution Service; the Ministry of Security; and the National
Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL).
Persons with standing to
assert rightsNatural and legal persons with a legitimate interest, or their legal representatives or authorized agents.
Collection of evidence The obligation to produce evidence lies with the complainant. The competent authorities may require the
parties and third parties to produce evidence which lies within their control, provided that such evidence
serves to clarify the matter at issue.
Identification andprotection of confidential
informationThe competent authority must take action to prevent the rights of the interested parties from being
infringed.
Information on third parties The civil judicial authorities have the power to order the infringer to identify any person, object or
document, whether belonging to the parties or to a third party, in order to determine their legal status in
the dispute; such evidence must be admissible under the Law and closely connected with the disputed
facts.
The administrative authorities do not have such authority.
Indemnification of
defendants wrongfully
enjoinedAny defendant who has been wrongfully enjoined may submit a counterclaim when contesting the
injunction. The court is required to allow the counterclaim and to deal with it in a single ruling. As far as
the liability of the public authorities is concerned, public officials may be liable to sanctions such as
imprisonment, suspension, indemnification or initiation of court proceedings.
Available remedies Administrative injunctions (decrees, decisions, resolutions and rulings) concerning the violation of any of
the rights protected by the intellectual property laws may: order the withdrawal from circulation of
infringing goods;  prohibit, with immediate effect, the marketing of products serving to violate any of therights protected (seizure, attachment, deposit); order the confiscation of goods; order suspension of
service provision or closure of the establishment.
Remedies also include damages, including recovery of profits, and expenses, including attorney's fees.  Ifthe seized goods are insufficient to cover the amount stipulated, the measure may be extended to other
goods and the costs shall be borne by the obligor in accordance with the procedure.
Another available remedy is the destruction or other disposal of infringing goods and
materials/implements used for their production. Where such material exists, it shall be handed over to the
judicial authorities for use as evidence, and the competent authority may order its destruction in a finaldecision.
Other available remedies include fines, closure of establishments and seizure of goods
.
Criminal procedures
Jurisdiction over cases Ordinary criminal courts I, II, III, IV and V; Criminal magistrates' court; Criminal court; Police court ;
Court of Appeal; Supreme Court of Justice.
IPRs for which proceduresare availableCriminal procedures are available in respect of the rights protected by intellectual property laws: (a)
industrial property: inventions and patent rights, utility models, industrial designs, distinctive signs,
undisclosed information, trademarks, trade names, geographical indications and appellations of origin;(b) copyright and related rights; (c) legal protection of layout-designs of integrated circuits; (d)
protection of new plant varieties.
Authorities responsible forinitiating proceedingsThe public authorities responsible are the criminal courts.
Standing of private persons
to initiate proceedingsIn criminal matters, proceedings cannot be initiated ex officio . The affected holder of an intellectual
property right must lodge a complaint with the State prosecuting authority or by means of a private suit
before a court.
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Civil and administrative procedures
Available remedies Available remedies include prison sentences and fines. Violations of industrial property rights are
punishable under the Criminal Code by a fine of L50,000 to L100,000 and three to six years'
imprisonment for anyone who falsifies, imitates or fraudulently uses any of the elements protected byindustrial property legislation.  Penalties of a prison sentence of three to five years and a fine of L50,000
to L100,000 are applicable to anyone who commits an act of unfair competition. The Industrial Property
Law contain provisions relating to the protection of industrial secrets and provides that anyone whodiscloses such information shall be liable to a fine of ten to two hundred units of the minimum wage,
while the Criminal Code provides that anyone who appropriates papers belonging to others in order to
discover their secrets shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of six to eight years in the case of privateindividuals and of eight to twelve years in the case of  public officials. A term of imprisonment of three to
six years shall be incurred by anyone who reveals without just cause or uses for his/her own benefit or
that of others a secret learned by virtue of position or employment, if injury is caused thereby to another
person.
The Law on Copyright lays down administrative, criminal and civil procedures and establishes a
monetary fine for violations of such rights in the amount of ten to two hundred units of the minimum
wage, without prejudice to criminal penalties and penalties for economic damage and injury caused by
the perpetrator's fraudulent action.
Provisional measures
Prior hearing of the other
sideSuch prudential measures as are necessary for the urgent protection of rights, to be imposed without
notice to the infringer. Given the nature of such measures, they are ordered without the opposing party
being heard.
Initiation, ordering, andmaintenance of measuresAny right holder who considers that his rights have been violated may ask the judge to order such
prudential measures as are necessary to protect those rights. Anyone applying for a provisional measuremust show that the measure is necessary and that he/she is the right holder. He/she must also post
sufficient security to meet any damage or injury caused.
Available remedies The judicial measures which may be taken during the proceedings or prior thereto include the following:
seizure of goods in sufficient quantity to guarantee the outcome of the proceedings; deposit or
impoundment of objects, books, documents or papers relevant to the dispute; appointment of one or moreinspectors; seizure of the object which is the subject of the claim; and prohibition on the performance of
acts or contracts relating to the goods in dispute.
With regard to administrative measures, in administrative declaration proceedings concerning theviolation of any of the rights protected by the in tellectual property laws, the Directorate-General of
Intellectual Property Rights and the Directorate-General of the National Agricultural Health Service
(SENASA) may adopt the following measures: order the withdrawal from circulation of the infringing
goods; prohibit, with immediate effect, the marketing of products serving to violate any of the rights
protected; order the seizure of goods; order suspension of service provision or closure of theestablishment; indemnification of damage or injury sustained.
Border measures
Suspension of release into
free circulationAny goods which infringe an intellectual property right may be detained at the border by the national
customs authorities, ex officio  or at the request of the right holder. Border measures are only applicable
to imports. Goods in transit are not liable to detention by the customs authorities. De minimis  imports are
not liable to detention by the customs authorities.
Procedures for suspension
of releaseNo related legislation exists. Through the Executive Revenue Department (DEI), the Government is
preparing a directive on border measures and provisional measures.  Pursuant to this directive, anyone
requesting border measures in respect of goods which allegedly infringe an intellectual property right
must make a written submission to the Executive Directorate of Revenue and/or the competent judicial
authority (civil or criminal), lodging sufficient security to cover damages.
Ex officio  actions Customs authorities may order a border measure ex officio  or at the request of the right holder or an
administrative or judicial authority.
Available remedies The competent authorities may adopt the following measures: fines, closure of establishments,
suspension of release into free circulation, confiscation, seizure, destruction of the infringing goods andof materials used for their production, orders for damages. The person affected by the implementation of
the above-mentioned measures must respond within a period of 30 working days from the date of
notification of the suspension, during which he/she may submit appropriate evidence, pleas and groundsof defence in relation to the claim against him/her and post an indemnity bond sufficient to cover any
damage or injury that might be caused by the lifting of the measure concerned.
Source : WTO Secretariat, on the basis of WTO document  IP/N/6/HND/1 of 3 May 2001.Honduras WT/TPR/S/120
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Table AIV.1
Financial system institutions, offices and employees, as at 31 December 2002
InstitutionDate operations
startedBranches AgenciesService
countersOther 1 Total
officesOfficials
and
employee
s
Commercial banks
1.Banco de Honduras, S. A. 02/10/1889 1 2 68
2.Banco Atlántida, S. A. 17/12/1914 16 84 9 54 164 1,373
3.Banco de Occidente, S.A. 01/09/1951 8 97 12 31 149 2,420
4.Lloyds TSB Bank PLC 13/10/1959 1 6 8 107
5.Banco de los Trabajadores 02/05/1967 6 14 28 414
6.Banco Sogerin, S.A. 01/11/1969 2 25 28 594
7.Banco Continental, S.A. 02/05/1974 1 30 6 7 39 478
8.Banco Financiera Centroamericana, S.A. 23/08/1974 7 13 5 5 26 302
9.Banco de las Fuerzas Armadas, S.A. 08/08/1979 1 24 7 2 35 266
10.Banco Mercantil, S.A. 14/02/1980 1 39 11 3 55 940
11.Banco Hondureño del Café, S.A. 04/05/1981 1 34 6 42 616
12.Banco del País, S.A. 09/07/1992 2 24 11 19 57 568
13.Banco Uno, S.A. 15/07/1993 4 8 4 17 121
14.Banco de la Producción, S.A. 23/05/1994 8 9 121
15.Banco Financiera Comercial Hondureña, S.A. 18/07/1994 4 26 11 6 48 955
16.Banco Futuro, S.A. 01/07/1997 1 14 2 18 289
17.Banco Credomatic, S.A. 22/01/1998 1 10 11 23 197
18.Banco Grupo el Ahorro Hondureño, S.A. 01/07/2000 2 45 21 9 78 1,112
19.Banco Promerica, S.A. 08/01/2000 1 3 3 1 9 222
Total 55 501 113 147 835 11,163
State banks
1.Central Bank of Honduras 01/07/1950 1
2.National Agricultural Development Bank 01/07/1950 24 9 1 35 538
Total 24 9 1 36 538
Savings and loan associations
1.La Vivienda, S.A. 11/09/1970 20 4 25 424
2.Casa Propia, S.A. 04/10/1971 1 3 1 1 7 112
3.La Constancia, S.A. 14/11/1977 5 9 2 2 19 390
4.Metropolitana, S.A. 20/11/1978 1 2 28
Total 6 33 3 7 53 954
State lending institutions
1.Banca de Segundo Piso (second-tier bank)
2. Régimen de Aportaciones Privadas (private
contribution scheme)19/03/1992 1 2 90
3.National Fund for Production and Housing 14/10/1997 1 98
Total 3 1 3 188
Insurance companies
1.El Ahorro Hondureño, S.A. 17/01/1917 5 6 230
2.Pan American Life Insurance Company 02/06/1944 2 3 135
3.Aseguradora Hondureña, S.A. 12/07/1954 2 4 7 206
4.Interamericana de Seguros, S.A. 30/06/1957 2 3 139
5.American Home Assurance Company 16/10/1964 1 2 20
6.Seguros Continental, S.A. 15/05/1968 1 2 53
7.Previsión y Seguros, S.A. 10/09/1982 3 4 84
8.Seguros Atlántida, S.A. 01/01/1986 1 3 5 183
9.Seguros Crefisa, S.A. 01/09/1993 2 3 145
10.Seguros Capital, S.A. 20/10/1994 1 4 6 97
11.Seguros Cooperativos Equidad, Ltda. 24/03/2000 1 2 13
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InstitutionDate operations
startedBranches AgenciesService
countersOther 1 Total
officesOfficials
and
employee
s
12.Seguros del País, S.A. 07/02/2002 1 2 19
Total 8 20 0 5 45 1,324
Pension funds
1.Instituto Nacional de Previsión del Magisterio(National Teachers' Pension Fund)01/07/1971 1 10 12 390
2.Instituto de Jubilaciones y Pensiones  de
Empleados y Funcionarios Públicos(Retirement and Pension Fund for GovernmentOfficials and Employees)30/04/1976 1 1 16 19 313
3.Instituto de Previsión de los Empleados de la
U.N.A.H (National Autonomous University ofHonduras Employee Pension Fund)27/06/1990 1 35
4.Instituto de Previsión Militar (Military
Pension Fund)01/01/1971 1 2 114
5.Instituto Hondureño de Seguridad Social
(Honduran Social Security Institute)17 18 2,476
Total 19 2 26 52 3,328
Stock exchanges
1.Bolsa Hondureña de Valores, S.A. 25/09/1990 1 2 13
2.Bolsa Centroamericana de Valores, S.A. 10/09/1993 1 9
Total 13 2 2
General bonded warehouses
1.Almacenes de Depósito, S.A. 02/05/1968 2 3 63
2.Compañía Almacenadora, S.A. 01/05/1971 1 2 50
3.Almacenes de Deposito Continental, S.A. 27/12/1985 2 3 26
4.Almacenes Generales de Deposito de Café, S.A. 08/04/1987 1 3 4 29
5.Almacenes de Deposito y Fiscales, S.A. 01/06/1993 1 5 7 21
6.Almacenadora Hondureña, S.A. 08/02/1995 2 4 25
Total 5 2 10 23 214
Foreign exchange bureaux
1.Divisas Corporativas, S.A. 06/07/1992 2 2 16
2.Intercambio, S.A. 21/09/1992 1 2 3
3.La Teleña, S.A. 25/09/1992 1 1 3
4.Conversiones Monetarias, S.A. 13/10/1992 1 8
5.Roble Viejo, S.A. 27/11/1992 1 1 7
6.Corporación de Inversiones Nacionales, S.A. 02/12/1992 1 4 24
7.La Confianza, S.A. 05/02/1993 1 1 4
8.Servigiros, S.A. 03/11/2000 1 8
9.Promerica, S.A. 13/07/1993 1 4
10.Del Centro, S.A. 07/02/1994 1 7
11.Lafise, S.A. 06/02/1995 1 6
12.La Preferida, S.A. 28/01/2002 1 3
Total 1 4 2 15 93
Finance companies
1.Financiera Codimersa, S.A. 11/09/1997 2 3 11
2.Arrendamientos y Créditos Atlántida, S.A. 19/02/1998 1 2 35
3.Fondos Múltiples (Honduras), S.A. 13/05/1999 2 3 46
4.Financiera Solidaria, S.A. 03/06/1999 11 12 150
5.Financiera del Caribe, S.A. 05/08/1999 1 1 13
6.Corporación Financiera Internacional, S.A. 12/08/1999 1 14
7.Financiera Popular Ceibeña, S.A. 26/08/1999 1 2 23
8.Compañía Financiera, S.A. 16/09/1999 1 2 31
Total 1 18 1 26 323
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InstitutionDate operations
startedBranches AgenciesService
countersOther 1 Total
officesOfficials
and
employee
s
Representative offices
1.Bac Internacional Bank (Panama), Inc. 01/06/2000 1 2 9
2.Banco Agrícola, (El Salvador), S.A. 04/02/2002 1 3
Total 13 1 2
Total institutions, offices and employees 94 151 172 1,094 18,159
1 "Other" includes, where appropriate, drive-in banks, automatic teller machines, brokers' offices, stock exchange offices, spec ially
equipped warehouses and other offices dealing with the public.
Source : National Banking and Insurance Commission.WT/TPR/S/120 Trade Policy Review
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Table AIV.2
Financial system laws, regulations and decrees
Decree/Decision No. DescriptionDate of
Entry into
Force
Decree No. 45-2002 Law on Asset Laundering 03/06/2002
Decree No. 22-2001 Law on Insurance and Reinsurance Institutions 01/09/2001
Decree No. 8-2001 Securities Market Law 09/06/2001
Decree No. 53-2001 Law on Insurance of Deposits in Financial Institutions 30/05/2001
Decree No. 229-2000 Law Regulating Private Development Organizations Engaged in Financial Activities 01/11/2000*
Decree No. 139-98 Law Regulating the Credit Card and Other Liability Transactions of Banking Institutions and
Commercial Establishments25/07/1998
Decree No. 53-97 Law on the National Fund for Production and Housing 04/06/1997
Decree No. 155-95 Law on the National Banking and Insurance Commission 08/12/1995
Decree No. 170-95 Financial Institutions Law 16/11/1995
Decree No. 137-94 Net Asset Tax Law 28/10/1994
Decree No. 16-92 Law on Foreign Exchange Bureaux 24/02/1992
Decree No. 167-91 Law on the Social Housing Fund (FOSOVI) 16/12/1991
Decree No. 108-90 Law on Foreign Exchange Earnings from Exports 08/10/1990
Decree No. 903 Law on the National Agricultural Development Bank (BANADESA) 28/03/1980
Decree No. 14 Register of Non-Bank Lenders 09/01/1973
Decree No. 138 Law on the Retirement and Pension Fund for Executive Branch Officials and Employees 07/04/1971
Decree No. 128 Amendment to Article 6 of Legislative Decree No. 51 of 1 February 1950 22/11/1966
Decree No. 51 Monetary Law 01/07/1950
Unnumbered Law on the Central Bank of Honduras 03/02/1950
Special Decrees
Decree No. 294-2002 Amendments to Articles 43 and 57 of the Financial Institutions Law 26/10/2002
Decree No. 128-2002 Amendments to Articles 6, 14, 24, 42 and 45 of the Law on Insurance of Deposits in Financial
Institutions, contained in Decree No. 53-200103/05/2002
Decree No. 83-2001 Amendment to Article 34 of the Law on the National Banking and Insurance Commission 18/07/2001
Decree No. 188-2000 Amendments to Articles 6, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20 and 34 of the Law on the National Banking and
Insurance Commission20/12/2000
Resolution No.
026/18-01-2000Amendment to Article 12 of the Regulation of Decree No. 139-98 (National Banking and Insurance
Commission Circular No. 001/2000)28/01/2000
Resolution No.
386/24-08-99Amendments to Articles 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
and 28 of the Regulation of Decree No. 139-98 (National Banking and Insurance Commission
Circular No. 028/99)17/09/1999
Resolution No. 114-
3/99Resolution No. 114-3/99 of the Central Bank of Honduras on the publication of interest rates 18/03/1999
Decree No. 293-98 Amendments to Articles 4, 5, 6, 7.1, 7.4, 7.5, 7.8, 7.14 and 7.15 of Decree No. 139-98 24/12/1998*
Decree No. 228-96 Amendments to Articles 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 29, 32, 38, 39, 40, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53,
64, 65, 68, 70, 72, 73 and 74 of the Law on the Central Bank of Honduras26/04/1997
Decree No. 102 Abrogation of Legislative Decree No. 26 of 28 March 1958 in its entirety 24/04/1959
Regulations
Resolution No.
871/29-10-2002Special Regulations on the Recovery of the Agricultural Sector Financed by the  Cooperativas de
Ahorro y Crédito (savings and credit cooperatives) and the Financiera de Cooperativas
Agropecuarias Limitada (agricultural cooperative finance company) (National Banking and
Insurance Commission Circular No. 054/2002)30/10/2002
No. 869/29-10-2002 Regulations on the Prevention and Detection of the Improper Use of Financial Services and
Products for Asset Laundering (National Banking and Insurance Commission Circular
No. 052/2002)08/11/2002
No. 718/10-09-2002 Guarantee Fund Regulations 26/09/2002
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Decree/Decision No. DescriptionDate of
Entry into
Force
No. 619/06-08-2002 Regulations on the Establishment and Operation of Stock Exchanges 20/08/2002
No. 618/06-08-2002 Regulations on the Provision of Information to Stock Market Participants 20/08/2002
No. 617/06-08-2002 Reporting Regulations 20/08/2002
No. 616/06-08-2002 Regulations on Securities Firms and the Intermediation of Publicly Offered Securities 20/08/2002
No. 615/06-08-2002 Law on the Public Securities Market Register 06/08/2002
No. 614/06-08-2002 Regulations on the Public Securities Market Register 20/08/2002
No. 776/16-10-2001 Amendments to the Regulations on Contingent Assets 24/10/2001
No. 75-3/2001 Amendments to and Reordering of Articles 2 to 34 and Incorporation of Articles (35 to 61) to the
Regulation on the Negotiation of Government Securities at Market Value22/03/2001*
No. 304-9/2000 Amendments to Article 7 of the Regulations on Credit Transactions by Financial Institutions with
Economic Groups and Related Parties30/09/2000
Resolution No.
395/29-09-1998Regulations of Decree No. 139-9806/10/1998*
Resolution No. 316-
8/98Regulations on Credit Transactions by Financial Institutions with Economic Groups and Related
Parties05/09/1998
Resolution No. 55-
1/97Regulations on the Negotiation of Government Securities at Market Value07/02/1997
Decision No. 251 Regulations of the Law on Foreign Exchange Bureaux 24/03/1992
Decision No. 267 Regulations on General Bonded Warehouses 11/06/1968
* Date of issue.
Source : National Banking and Insurance Commission.
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