G/TBT/N/HND/88  
 
1 September 2016  
(16-4645) 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:  HONDURAS  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Secretaría de Desarrollo Económic o, SDE  (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  
Tegucigalpa  
Telefax : (+504) 2235 -8383 / 2235-5047 
Email : jurbinacruz57@yahoo.com   
 villafranca.carmen@gmail.com   
 gsalinas_sic@yahoo .com  
Name and address (including telephone 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:   
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 provided in addition, where applicable):  
International Classification for Standards (ICS) code  67.040 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Reglamento 
Técnico Centroamericano RTCA 67.06.74:16 , Productos Agropecuarios Orgánicos. 
Requisitos para la Producción, Procesamiento, Comercialización, Exportación, Importación y 
Etiquetado (Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.06.74:16: Organic 
agricultural products. Production, processing, marketing, export, import  and labelling 
requirements ) (66 pages, in Spanish)   
6. Description of content:  The notified Technical R egulation establishes the provisions and 
procedures governing the production, registration, certification, processing, labelling, 
storage, transport and marketing of organic agricultural products. It applies to the following 
products that carry or should c arry a descriptive label relating to organic production 
methods.  
A product is considered to carry information concerning organic production methods when 
the label or property claims, including advertising material and commercial documents, 
describe the pro duct or its ingredients using the terms "organic", "biological" or "ecological" 
or other similar internationally recognized vocabulary, including abbreviated forms, which 
suggest to the buyer that the product or its ingredients have been obtained using org anic 
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 
production, processing, labelling, storage, transport and marketing of certified orga nic 
agricultural products as well as upon the public and private bodies engaged in the 
registration, control and/or certification of such products.  G/TBT/N/ HND/88 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Plant health, animal health and consumer information  
8. Relevant documents: - 
9.  Proposed date of adoption: To be determined  
 Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers  and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico  
Dirección General de Integración  Económica y Política Comercial  
Boulevard José Cecilio del Val le 
Edificio San José, 3er piso  
Tegucigalpa  
Telefax : (+504) 2235 -5047/2235 -8383 
Email : gsalinas_sic@yahoo.com /villafranca.carmen@gmail.com