WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/HND/3
12 October 2000
(00-4191)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  HONDURAS
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, National Agricultural Health
Service (SENASA)
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable: 0105.11.00;  0105.12.00;  0105.19.00;  0105.92.00;  0105.93.00; 0105.99.00;
0207.11.00;  0207.12.00;  0207.13.10;  0207.13.91;  0207.13.99; 0207.14.10;  0207.14.91;
0207.14.99;  0207.24.00;  0207.25.00;  0207.26.10;  0207.26.90;  0207.27.10;  0207.27.90;
0207.32.00;  0207.33.00;  0207.34.00;  0207.35.10;  0207.35.90;  0207.36.10;  0207.36.90;
0210.90.10;  0210.90.20;  0210.90.30;  0210.90.90;  0407.00.10;  0407.00.20;  0407.00.90;
0408.11.00;  0408.19.00;  0408.91.00;  0408.99.00;  0505.10.00; 0505.90.00; 1501.00.00
(poultry only);  1601.00.20; 1601.00.90; 1602.10.20 (poultry only);  1602.10.90;1602.31.00; 1602.32.00; 0602.39.00
These restrictions apply to the following:  live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the
species Gallus domesticus,  chicks, fertile eggs, ducks, geese, turkeys, and guinea fowl.
They also apply to meat and edible offal of such poultry, eggs, feathers and other poultry
parts;  as well as to the fat and foods (sausages) made with meat of such poultry.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:
- Plant and Animal Health Law.  Decree No. 157-94, published in La Gaceta
(Official Journal) of 13 January 1995.
- Regulations for the Campaign for the Prevention, Control and Eradication of
Velogenic Newcastle Disease.  Executive Resolution No. 998-99, published in
La Gaceta  of 29 September 1999.
- Regulations for the Campaign for the Control and Eradication of Avian
Salmonellosis.  Executive Resolution No. 997-99, published in La Gaceta  of
28 September 1999.
- International Office of Epizootics (IOE) procedures to prove the non-existence
(absence) in Honduras of infectious laryngotracheitis and avian influenza.G/SPS/N/HND/3
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5. Description of content:  These Standards contain the legal, administrative, technical and
scientific instruments for the prevention, control and eradication of the avian diseases
mentioned, the aim of which is to declare Honduras free of these diseases.
Only poultry, products and by-products th ereof, from countries with equivalent
legally-established animal health programmes for the prevention, control and eradication ofavian diseases may be imported.  The exporting country must be able to guarantee that its
farms are free of Newcastle disease and avian salmonellosis (S. gallinarum and S. pollorum)
and that the country is free of  avian influenza and avian infectious laryngotracheitis.
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests
Honduras is currently affected by avian salmonellosis, and in March 2000 six cases
of Newcastle disease, velogenic, viscerotropic form, were detected in chicken-fattening
farms and commercial egg farms.  Consequen tly, Honduras' current status is that of a
country affected by sporadic outbreaks of Newcastle disease, with an animal health
campaign at the control stage.  The aim of these health campaigns is therefore to eradicate
and declare areas free of or with a low prevalence of Newcastle disease and avian
salmonellosis, while at the same time, following the procedures established by the
 IOE, to show that Honduras is free of avian influenza and infectious laryngotracheitis.
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
- Animal Health Code of the Intern ational Office of Epizootics (IOE).
- Programmes for the Control and Eradication of Avian Diseases in the
United States, Mexico, Chile and Costa Rica, adapted to the circumstances
of the animal health status of Honduras.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
(a) Plant and Animal Health Law.  Decree No. 157-94, published in La Gaceta
of 13 January 1995 (available in Spanish).
(b) Regulations for the Campaign for the Prevention, Control and Eradication
of Velogenic Newcastle Disease.  Executive Resolution No. 998-99,
published in La Gaceta  of 29 September 1999 (available in Spanish).
(c) Regulations for the Campaign for the Control and Eradication of Avian
Salmonellosis.  Executive Resolution No. 997-99, published in La Gaceta
of 28 September 1999 (available in Spanish).
(d) International Office of Epizootics (IOE) instructions to prove the non-
existence (absence) of infectious laryngotracheitis and avian influenza
(available in Spanish).
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Entry into force upon publication in La Gaceta .
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 November 1999G/SPS/N/HND/3
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11. Final date for comments:           
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:  National Agricultural Health Service (SENASA)
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA)
Telephone/Fax: (504) 231-0786
(504) 232-1096
E-mail:  sanimal@hondudata.com