. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/49 
21 December 2007 
 (07-5710) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería , SAG (Ministry of 
Agriculture and Livestock) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Web site: www.sag.gob.hn  Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO Tegucigalpa, República de Honduras 
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) 
Tel.:  (+504) 231-0786 Fax:  (+504) 239-1144 Web site: www.senasa.gob.hn 
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):   Seeds and other plant 
propagation material. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Reglamento de 
Semillas, elaborado por la Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería (Regulation on Seeds, 
prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock) (31 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Regulation seeks to: 
- Regulate official and private research into the improvement of existing plant varieties and 
the development of new, improved varieties of direct or indirect use to mankind; 
- regulate the production and processing of certified and verified seeds; - regulate the certification, distribution and sale of seeds; - monitor compliance with the technical and administrative provisions referred to in the 
Regulation; 
- guarantee the availability to producers of seeds of high genetic, physiological, physical 
and phytosanitary quality; 
- prevent the introduction and spread of weed s, other pests and non-registered plant 
varieties; 
- ensure that the certification and control of seed production is carried out in a transparent 
manner and on the basis of technical and scientific arguments. G/TBT/N/HND/49 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
 
 Environmental protection. 
8. Relevant documents:   Regulation on Seeds currently in force (22 pages, in Spanish). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: }This Regulation will enter into force upon 
publication in the Diario Oficial La Gaceta  
(Official Journal). 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and web site add resses, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO 
Tegucigalpa, República de Honduras 
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) Tel.: (+504) 231-0786 Fax: (+504) 239-1144 
Web site: www.sag.gob.hn 
Secretaría de Industria y Comercio 
Dirección General de Producción y Consumo 
Departamento de Normalización y Metrología 
Edificio San José, 3er piso, Tegucigalpa Telefax: (+504) 235-5006  
E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn Web site: www.sic.gob.hn