. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/41 
18 December 2006 
 
 (06-6059) 
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: 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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   ICS: 65.100 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCA 65.03.44:06  
Plaguicidas. Plaguicidas de uso doméstico, en jardinería, en salud pública y por empresas 
controladoras de plagas. Requisitos de registro (Central American Technical Regulation 
(RTCA) 65.03.44:06 Pesticides.  Pesticides for Domestic, Garden, Public Health and Pest 
Control Company Use.  Registration Requirements).  (22 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this Regulation is to regulate the registration of 
pesticides for domestic, garden, public h ealth and pest control company use. 
 
 It applies to natural and legal person s registering pesticides deriving from the 
processes of manufacturing, formulation, exportation and importation, distribution, marketing, sale and usage. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Protection of health and the environment. G/TBT/N/HND/41 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
Manual on Development and Use of FAO a nd WHO Specifications for Pesticides. 
WHO international guidelines (WHOPES - WHO Pesticides Evaluation Scheme). 
Decreto Ejecutivo 30043-S  "Reglamento para el Registro de Plaguicidas Domésticos, 
Fertilizantes Domésticos, Plaguicidas Industriales y de Salud Pública"  (Executive Decree 
30043-S "Regulations on the Registration of Dom estic Pesticides, Domestic Fertilizers, and 
Industrial and Public Health Pesticides"), Republic of Costa Rica. 
Acuerdo Gubernativo Número 712-99  "Reglamento para el Control Sanitario de los 
Medicamentos y Productos Afines" (Government Decision No. 712-99 "Regulations on the 
Sanitary Control of Medicines and Relate d Products"), Republic of Guatemala, 1999. 
Ley 274:   Para la Regulación  y Control de Plaguicidas, Sustancias Tóxicas, Peligrosas y 
Similares (Law 274 on the Regulation and Control of Pesticides and other Toxic and 
Dangerous Substances), Re public of Nicaragua, 1998. 
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS):  First 
Revised Edition, United Nations, New York/Geneva 2005. 
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 
Departamento de Normalizacion 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