G/TBT/N/GTM/90  
 
5 February 2016  
(16-0804)  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:  GUATEMALA 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación , MAGA (Ministry 
of Agriculture, Livestock and Food), Viceministerio de Sanidad Agropecuaria y 
Regulaciones , VISAR (Vice-Ministry of Agricultural Health and Regulations), Dirección de 
Sanidad Vegetal  (Directorate of Plant Health) 
Name and address (including telephon e 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:   
7 avenida 12-90, zona 13  
Edificio anexo a Monja Blanca 
Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala 
Tel.: (502) 2413-7418 / (502) 2413-7410 Email: lmenendez@maga.gob.gt  / gortiz@maga.gob.gt  
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 provid ed in addition, where applicable):  Central 
American Tariff System (SAC), Section VI: Products of the chemical or allied industries, 
Chapter 38: Miscellaneous chemical products  
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Acuerdo 
gubernativo no. 87-2011, Reglamento para el registro, renovación, endoso, (autorización 
de uso) y cesión de sustancias afines a plaguicidas; plaguicidas microbianos; plaguicidas 
bioquímicos; artrópodos, predadores, parásitos, parasitoides; requisitos para su importación, exportación y retorno; así como el registro de personas individuales y 
jurídicas relacionadas a estos insumos ante el ministerio de agricultura, ganadería y 
alimentación  (Government Decision No. 87-2011: Regulation governing the registration 
and the renewal, endorsement (authorization fo r use) and transfer of  the registration of 
pesticide-related substances, microbial pesticides, biochemical pesticides, arthropods, 
predators, parasites and parasitoids; laying  down requirements for the importation, 
exportation and return of these products; an d governing the registration of natural and 
legal persons associated with these inputs with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and 
Food) (8 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:  The notified Regulation governs the registration and the renewal, 
endorsement (authorization for use) and transfer of the registration of pesticide-related 
substances, microbial pesticides, biochemical pesticides, arthropods, predators, parasites and parasitoids; lays down requirements for the importation, exportation and return of 
these products; and governs the registration of  natural and legal persons associated with 
these inputs with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food. G/TBT/N/GTM/90 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Human safety, the quality of agricultural inputs, and the safety of people who 
apply and handle agrochemical products 
8. Relevant documents:  Decreto 36-98, Ley de sanidad vegetal y animal  (Decree No. 36-
98, Plant and animal health law) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 9 March 2012  
Proposed date of entry into force: 23 March 2012 
10. Final date for comments:  - 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [  ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
http://www.maga.gob.gt  / normativa