G/SPS/N/HND/53  
 
12 September 2016 
(16-4782) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  HONDURAS   
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico , SDE (Secretariat for 
Economic Development)  
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):  International Classification for Standards (ICS) 
code 67.040   
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, t o the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Reglamento Técnico Centroamericano RTCA 
67.06.74:16 Productos Agropecuarios Orgánicos. Requisitos para la Producción, el  
Procesamiento, la Comercialización, la Certificación y el Etiquetado (Central American 
Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.06.74:16: Organic agricultural products. Production, 
processing, marketing, certification and labelling requirements )  
Language(s):  Spanish   Number of pages:  66 
6. Description of content:  The notified Technical Regulation establishes the provisions 
and procedures governing the production, registration, certification, processing, 
labelling, storage, transport and marketing of organic ag ricultural products. It applies to 
the following products that carry or should carry a descriptive label relating to organic 
production methods.  
A product is considered to carry information concerning organic production methods 
when the label or property c laims, including advertising material and commercial 
documents, describe the product or its ingredients using the terms "organic", "biological" 
or "ecological" or other similar internationally recognized vocabulary, including 
abbreviated forms, which sugge st to the buyer that the product or its ingredients have 
been obtained using organic production methods in the country in which they have been 
put on the market.   
This Technical Regulation is binding upon all natural and legal persons engaged in the 
produ ction, processing, labelling, storage, transport and marketing of certified organic 
agricultural products as well as upon the public and private bodies engaged in the 
registration, control and/or certification of such products.    
7. Objective and rational e: [X] food safety, [ X] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/HND/53  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex  Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) Codex Alimentarius Commission guidelines 
CAC/GL  32-1999 
[ ] World Organi sation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number)   
[ ] None   
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[X] 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 mo nths from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 11 November 2016  
Agency or authority designa ted to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico  
Dirección General de Integración Económica y Política Comercia l  
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle  
Edificio San José, 3er piso  
Tegucigalpa  
Telefax:  (+504) 2235 -5047 
 (+504) 2235 -8383 
E-mail: gsalinas_sic@yahoo.com  
 villafranca.carmen@gmail.com  G/SPS/N/HND/53  
 
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  13. Text(s)  available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad e Inocuidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA)  
Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO   
Tegucigalpa , República de Honduras  
Tel.:  (+504) 2231 -0786 
Fax:  (+504) 2239 -1144  
E-mail: cgalo@senasa -sag.gob.hn  
Website: http://www.senasa -sag.gob.hn/  
 
Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico  
Dirección General de Integración Económica y P olítica Comercial  
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle  
Edificio San José, 3er piso  
Tegucigalpa  
Telefax:   (+504) 2235 -5047 
  (+504) 2235 -8383 
E-mail: gsalinas_sic@yahoo.com  
 villafranca.carmen@gmail.com