. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/HND/19 
3 December 2007 
 (07-5321) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   HONDURAS  
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería , SAG (Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers sh ould be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Fishery and aquaculture products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
 
 All countries which export fishery and aquaculture products to Honduras  
5. Title, language and number of pa ges of the notified document:  Reglamento para la 
Inspección y Certificación Zoosanitaria de  Productos Pesqueros y Acuícolas  (Regulation 
governing the animal health inspection and certif ication of fishery and aquaculture products) 
(64 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The primary objective of the notified Regulation is to set standards 
governing all the safety procedures and technology related to fishery and aquaculture products, 
of any species and for either domestic consumpti on or export, in the establishments engaged in 
rearing the animals and producing, processing or marketing such products. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection,  
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [   ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests     
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE),  [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Regulation governing 
the animal health inspection and certification of fishery and aquaculture products (74 pages, in 
Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  This Regulation will enter into force upon publication in the 
Diario Oficial La Gaceta  (Official Journal). G/SPS/N/HND/19 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This Regulation will enter into force upon publication in 
the Official Journal. 
12. Final date for comments:  60 days 
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts:  [   ] National notification authority, 
[ X ] National enquiry point or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Web site: www.sag.gob.hn
 
Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO República de Honduras 
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) 
Tel.: +(504) 231-0786 
Fax: +(504) 239-1144 Web site: www.senasa.gob.hn
 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point or 
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO 
República de Honduras 
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) 
Tel.: +(504) 231-0786 Fax: +(504) 239-1144 Web site: www.sag.gob.hn