G/SPS/N/GTM/65  
12 August  2016 
(16-4364) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : GUATEMALA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación , MAGA (Ministry 
of Agriculture, Livestock and Food) ; Ministerio de Economía  (Ministry  of the Economy).  
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) : ICS number 67.040  
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 Técnico Centroamericano RTCA 67.06.74:16 
Productos Agropecuarios Orgánicos . Requisitos para la Producción, Proceso, 
Comercialización, Exportación, Importación y Etiquetado  (Central American Technical 
Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.06.74:16 : Organic agricultural products . Requirements 
governing production, processing, marketing, exportation, importation and labelling ) 
Language(s) : Spanis h Number of pages : 66 
6. Description of content : The notified Regulation establishes the provisions and 
procedures governing the production, registration, certification, processing, labelling, 
storage, transport and marketing of organi c agricultural 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 proper ty claims, including advertising material and commercial documents, 
describe the product or its ingredients using the terms "organic", "biological", "ecological" 
or other similar internationally recognised vocabulary, including abbreviated forms, which  
suggest to the buyer that the product or its ingredients have been obtained via organic 
production methods in the country in which they have been put on the market.  
The Regulation must be applied by all natural or legal persons engaged in the production, 
processing, labelling, storage, transport and marketing of certified organic agricultural 
products . It is also binding upon the public and private bodies engaged in the registration, 
control and/or certification of such production.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety , [X] animal health , [X] plant protection, [ 
] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/GTM/65  
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Al imentarius 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 N o.) 
[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 th ese 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 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 October 2 016 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Economía  
Dirección de Política Comercial Externa  
8ª. Av. 10-43 4to . Nivel Zona 1  
Guatemala, Guatemala  
Tel.: (+502) 24120200, Ext. 4320 and 4330  
Email : ralvarado@mineco.gob.gt  
Website: http://www.mineco.gob.gt/integración -economica  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Economía  
Dirección de Política Comercial Externa  
8ª. Av. 10-43 4to . Nivel Zona 1  
Guatemala, Guatemala  
Tel.: (+502) 24120200, Ext. 4320 and 4330  
Email : ralvarado@mineco.gob.gt  
Website: http://www.mineco.gob.gt/integración -economica  
 
Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación (MAGA)  
Dirección de Fitozoogenética y Recursos Nativos  
Departamento de Agricultura Orgánica  
Tel.: (+502)  24137000, Ext. 7478 and 7479  
Email:  construorganic@gmail.com  
aramos@maga.gob.gt