G/SPS/N/HND/65  
6 March  2023 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : HONDURAS  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Agencia de Regulación Sanitaria , ARSA (Agency for Sanitary 
Regulation)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Sanitary surveillance and control  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Reglamento de Organización, Funcionamiento y 
Atribuciones de la Dirección Nacional de Vigilancia y Fiscalización Sanitaria  (Regulations on 
the Organization, Functioning and Responsibilities of the National Directorate for Sanitary 
Surveillance and Control) Language(s) : Spanish . Number of pages : 97 
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6. Description of content : The notified text provides for the supervision, verification, 
control and surve illance of the compliance by establishments supplying products and 
services of sanitary interest with legal, technical and administrative regulations . It provides 
for the implementation of the policies and procedures required to apply the sanitary 
regulati ons in force, with a view to remedying any conduct or poor practices that have or 
may have an impact on human health through technical and legal processes and the 
imposition of the relevant penalties . It also regulates import and export processes and all 
other regimes applicable to consumer products for human use and establishes provisions 
concerning the network of laboratories.  
The notified text is of general interest and shall apply to natural and legal persons, public 
or private, engaged in handling, selling, dispensing, processing, packing, preserving, 
manufacturing, refurbishing, importing, re -importing, exporting, re -exporting, storing, 
transporting, distributing, marketing, clinical trial research and advertising activities, in 
addition t o any other activity specified by the ARSA, that involve products of sanitary 
interest . It shall also apply to any establishment related to the above -mentioned activities, 
with a view to protecting health.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/HND/65  
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alime ntarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No .): 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : To be deter mined  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 5 May 2 023 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Agencia de Regulación Sanitaria (ARSA)  
Calle Los Alcaldes, Frente al City Mall  
Email: consultapublica@arsa.gob.hn  
Website: http://www.arsa.gob.hn  
Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico , SDE (Secretariat for Economic Development)  
Dirección  General de Integración Económica y Política Comercial (Directorate -General of 
Economic Integration and Trade Policy)  
Centro Cívico Gubernamental "José Cecilio del Valle"  
Torre I, piso 9  
Tel.: (+504) 2242 8365  
Email:  gabriela.salinas@sde.gob.hn  
gsalinas_sic@yahoo.com  
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  13. Text(s) available from : [ ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Agencia de Regulación Sanitaria  (ARSA)  
Calle Los Alcaldes, Frente al City Mall  
Email: consultapublica@arsa.gob.hn  
Website: http://www.arsa.gob.hn  
Secretaría de Desa rrollo Económico (SDE)  
Dirección General de Integración Económica y Política Comercial  
Centro Cívico Gubernamental "José Cecilio del Valle"  
Torre I, piso 9  
Tel.: (+504) 2242 8365  
Email:  gabriela.salinas@sd e.gob.hn  
gsalinas_sic@yahoo.com  
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