G/SPS/N/HND/31/Add.1  
30 January  2019 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 2 9 January 2 019, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Honduras . 
 
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Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 65.05.51.08 : Veterinary drugs and related 
products, and establishments engaged in the manufacture, marketing, fractioning or storage 
thereof . Sanitary registration and control requirements  
On 2 1 November 2 008, the Government of the Republic of Honduras notified, in document 
G/SPS/N/HND/31, the draft regulation "RTCA No. 65.05.51.08 : Veterinary drugs and related 
products, and establishments engaged in the manufacture, marketing, fractioning or storage 
thereof . Sanitary registration and control requirements", whose purpose was to establish 
provisions governing the sanitary registration and control of veterinary drugs, related products 
and establishments.  
The regulation applies to veterinary drugs and related products a nd to establishments engaged in 
the registration, manufacture, marketing, dispensing or distribution, fractioning or storage thereof 
in the States Parties.  
The sanitary registration of raw materials for the preparation of veterinary drugs and related 
produ cts and compounded veterinary formulations is excluded from the scope of the regulation 
and remains subject to the domestic laws of each State Party.  
The purpose of the present addendum is to notify WTO Members that the regulation has been 
updated . They wi ll have 60 days from the date of this notification to make comments.  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication, or entry into force of regulation  
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication, or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period : (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously noti fied 
measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days . Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for 
comments, the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): 31 March 2 019 G/SPS/N/HND/31/Add.1  
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  Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of 
other body:  
 
Text(s) available from : [ ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . 
Address, fax number and email address (if available) of o ther body:  
Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico  (Secretariat for Economic Development)  
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  
Fax: (+504) 2235 8383  
 (+504) 2235 5047  
Email:  gsalinas_sic@yahoo.com  
 wenrodsar@gmail.com  
Website:   https://sde.gob.hn/wp -content/uploads/2019/01/RTCA -Reg.-Medicamentos -
Veterinarios -CPI.pdf  
 
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad e Inocuidad Agroalimentaria , SENASA (National Agriculture and Food 
Health and Safety Service)  
Tel.: (+504) 2239 7089  
 (+504) 2239 7067  
Fax:  (+504) 2232 6213  
Email : jtercero@senasa.gob.hn  
Website: http://www.senasa.gob.hn/   
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