. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/53 
21 December 2007 
 (07-5717) 
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 Website 
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 
Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO Tegucigalpa, República de Honduras Web site: www.sag.gob.hn 
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):   Fertilizers and 
agricultural raw materials 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Reglamento sobre el 
Registro, Uso y Control de Fertilizantes y Materi as Primas de la Secretaría de Agricultura 
y Ganadería (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Regulation governing the registration, 
use and control of fertilizers and raw materials) (16 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Regulation seeks to establish technical, 
administrative and legal provisions within the framework of the Ley Fitozoosanitaria  (Plant 
and Animal Health Law) with regard to the registration, import, manufacture, formulation, 
repacking, repackaging, transport, storage, sale, use, handling and export of fertilizers and 
agricultural raw materials. 
 This Regulation does not apply to substances used as laboratory materials or 
reagents. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Environmental protection. G/TBT/N/HND/53 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Regulation governing the 
registration, use and control of fertilizers and raw materials (19 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 website addresses, 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