. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/42 
18 December 2006 
 (06-6065) 
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 Integración Económica y Política Comercial 
(Directorate-General of Economic Integration and Trade Policy) 
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle Edificio San José, 4to piso 
Fax: (+504) 235 5047 / 235 3082 
E-mail: pcomercial@sic.gob.hn Web site: ww.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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   ICS: 71.100 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCA 71.03.45:06 
Productos Cosméticos. Ver ificación de la Calidad  (Central American Technical Regulation 
(RTCA) 71.03.45:06  Cosmetic Products.  Quality Control) (6 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this Regulation is to establish the analytical 
control tests which must be carried out to verify the quality of cosmetics and assure the community that the initial characteristics of cosmetics are maintain ed in accordance with 
their formulation. 
 The provisions of this Regulation apply to all cosmetics imported into and 
manufactured in Central American countries. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Prevention of practices likely to deceive the consumer and protection of human 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
United States Pharmacopeia 29 and National Formulary 24.  Twenty-eighth Edition.  United 
States Pharmacopeial Convention Inc.  USA. 2006 . 
CTFA Technical Guidelines. Microbiology Guidelines.  Washington, D.C., USA. 
November 2001. 
Consolidated Text, CONSLEG: 1976L0768.  Pr oduced by the CONSLEG system of the 
Office for Official Publications of the Eur opean Communities.  15/10/2003.  Number of 
pages:  86. 
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:  
Dirección General Producción y Consumo 
(General Directorate of Production and Consumption) 
Departamento de Normalización 
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle Edificio San José, 3er piso Fax: (+504) 235 5006 E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn Web site: www.sic.gob.hn 
 
Secretaria de Salud Dirección General de Regulación Sanitaria Centro de Tegucigalpa antiguo edificio BANMA 
esquina opuesta a Farmacia Regis 
Fax: (+504) 237 9404 / 237 2726 E-mail: regulacionhon@yahoo.com