. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/35 
2 August 2006 
 
 (06-3739) 
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 Industria y Comercio , SIC (Ministry of Industry and 
Trade) 
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:  
Dirección General de Integraci ón Económica y Política Comercial  
(Directorate-General of Economic Integration and Trade Policy) 
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle Edificio San José, 4to piso 
Tegucigalpa 
Fax: (+504) 235-5047 / 235-3082 E-mail: pcomercial@sic.gob.hn Web site: www.sic.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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   International 
Classification fo r Standards (ICS) code 71.100 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCA 71.01.35:06: 
Productos Cosméticos. Registro e Inscri pción Sanitaria de Productos Cosméticos  (Central 
American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 71. 01.35:06:  Cosmetic products.  Sanitary 
registration and authorization of cosmet ic products (8 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation seeks to establish the 
conditions and requirements for the sanitary regi stration/authorization of cosmetic products 
for marketing.  This Regulation does not apply to cosmetic products used exclusively in the 
hotel trade. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Protection of human life and health G/TBT/N/HND/35 
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  8. Relevant documents:   CONSLEG 1976L0768:  List of substances which cosmetic products 
must not contain except subject to the restrictions and conditions laid down  (by the 
European Union); 
 Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fr agrance Organization (CTFA),  International Cosmetic 
Ingredient Dictionary and Handbook.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  
Proposed date of entry into force:   Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
To be determined. 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of notification. 
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: 
Secretaria de Salud 
Dirección General de Regulación Sanitaria Centro de Tegucigalpa antiguo edificio BANMA esquina opuesta a Farmacia Regis 
Tegucigalpa 
Fax:  (+504) 237-2726 E-mail:  regulacionhon@yahoo.com  Secretaría de Industria y Comercio Dirección General de Producción y Consumo 
Departamento de Normalización y Metrología 
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle Edificio San José, 3er piso Tegucigalpa Fax: (+504) 235-5006 
E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn 
Web site: www.sic.gob.hn