. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/HND/26 
4 December 2007 
 (07-5336) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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):  Products of plant and animal origin 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries which export products of plant and animal origin to Honduras  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Reglamento de Cuarentena 
Agropecuaria  (Regulation on agricultural quarantine) (47 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:  The notified Regulation seeks to: 
 Establish the technical, administrative and le gal provisions for protecting the country's 
agricultural health by means of measures to pr event the introduction, establishment and spread 
of pests and diseases of economic, quarantine a nd social significance which jeopardize human, 
animal and plant health in Honduras; 
 protect animals and plants, the products a nd by-products thereof and other regulated 
articles from pest and disease damage; 
 protect national territory from the introduction and/or spread of regulated diseases and 
pests of animals and plants and the products and by-products thereof; 
 ensure that sanitary and phytosanitary me asures are useful, effective, safe, objective 
and impartial; 
 establish the sanitary and phytosanitary conditions required for the production of and 
international trade in Honduran agricultural goods;  and 
 enable Honduras to fulfil its commitments unde r the international agreements to which 
it is party and ensure the consistency of national legislation with such agreements. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safe ty, [ X ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] protect territory from other damage from pests  G/SPS/N/HND/26 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] Wo rld Organization for Animal Health (OIE),  
[ X ] 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 on 
agricultural quarantine (22 pages, in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  This Regulation will enter into force upon publication in the 
Diario Oficial La Gaceta  (Official Journal). 
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 Tegucigalpa, 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 Tegucigalpa, República de Honduras 
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) 
Tel.: +(504) 231-0786 Fax: +(504) 239-1144 
Web site: www.sag.gob.hn