G/TBT/N/HND/96  
20 July 2020 
(20-4969) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : HONDURAS  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico , SDE (Secretariat for 
Economic Development)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Dirección General de Integración Económica y Política Comercial  (Directorate -General of 
Economic Integration and Trade Policy)  
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle  
Edificio San José, 3er piso, Tegucigalpa, Honduras  
Fax: (+504) 2235 -8383 or 2235 -5047 
Email: gsalinas_sic@yahoo.com  
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) : ICS 
67.100.20  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Reglamento 
Técnico Centroamericano 67.04.77:20 Productos Lácteos . Mantequilla . Especificaciones 
(Central American Technical Regulation No. 67.04.77:20 : Milk products . Butter. 
Specifications) (5 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Central American Technical Regulation establishes 
the speci fications to be met by butter, as defined in Article 4 thereof . It applies to butter 
for direct human consumption or further processing in the territory of the States Parties.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
appli cable : Protection of human life and health  
8. Relevant documents:  
• RTCA Uso de Términos Lecheros  (current version).  
• RTCA Alimentos . Criterios Microbiológicos para la inocuidad de Alimentos  
(current version).  
• RTCA Etiquetado General de los Alimentos Previamente Envasados 
(Preenvasados)  (current version).  
• RTCA Alimentos y Bebidas Procesadas . Aditivos Alimentario s (current version).  G/TBT/N/HND/96  
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  • RTCA Etiquetado Nutricional de Productos Alimenticios Preenvasados para 
Consumo Humano para la Población a partir de 3 Años de Edad  (current 
version).  
• RTCA Industria de Alimentos y Bebidas Procesados . Buenas Prácticas de 
Manufactura . Principios Generales  (current version).  
• CODEX S TAN 234 -1999: Recommended Methods of Analysis and Sampling.  
9. Propos ed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
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 email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico  (Secretariat for Economic Development)  
Dirección General de Integración Económica y Política Comercial  (Directorate -General of 
Economic Integration and Trade Polic y) 
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle  
Edificio San José, 3er piso, Tegucigalpa, Honduras  
Fax: (+504) 2235 -5047 or 2235-8383 
Email: gsalinas_sic@yahoo.com ; wenrodsar@gmail.com  
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