WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/HND/35 
20 December 2010 
 (10-6818) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  HONDURAS
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaria de Salud  (Ministry of Health) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Pesticides.  Pesticides for domestic  and professional use (International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 65.100) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners, or [ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  RTCA 65.03.44:07, Plaguicidas.  Plaguicidas de uso 
doméstico y de uso profesional .  Requisitos de Registro (Central American Technical 
Regulation (RTCA) No. 65.03.44:07:  Pesticid es.  Pesticides for domestic and professional 
use.  Registration requirements).  Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  20 
6. Description of content:  The aim of the notified Technical Regulation is to establish the 
requirements for the registration of pesticides fo r domestic and professional use.  It applies 
to natural and legal persons who register pesticides covered by this Regulation in relation to 
the following activities:  manufacture, fo rmulation, exportation and importation, 
distribution, marketing, sale and use.  It does not apply to pesticides of botanical and 
microbiological origin. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety , [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM N°)  
[X] None  G/SPS/N/HND/35 
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   Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard: 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
• Manual on Development and Use of FAO and WHO Specifications for Pesticides; 
• WHO International Guidelines (WHOPES - WHO Pesticide Evaluation Scheme); 
• Decreto Ejecutivo 30043-S "Reglamento para el Registro de Plaguicidas 
Domésticos, Fertilizantes Domésticos, Plaguicidas Industriales y de Salud 
Pública"  (Executive Decree No. 30043-S "Regulation on the registration of 
domestic pesticides, domestic fertili zers and industrial and public health 
pesticides"), Republic of Costa Rica; 
• Acuerdo Gubernativo Número 712-99, "Reg lamento para el Control Sanitario de 
los Medicamentos y Productos Afines" (Government Decision No. 712-99 
"Regulation on the sanitary control of me dicines and related products"), Republic 
of Guatemala, 1999; 
• Ley 274:  Para la Regulación y Control de Plaguicidas, Sustancias Tóxicas, 
Peligrosas y Similares (Law No. 274 "Regulation and control of pesticides and 
other toxic and dangerous substan ces"), Republic of Nicaragua, 1998; 
• Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals 
(GHS), First Edition, United Nations, New York / Geneva 2005.  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) : 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  No comment period. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   G/SPS/N/HND/35 
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  13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification  Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Secretaría de Salud 
Dirección General de Regulación Sanitaria Centro de Tegucigalpa 
Antiguo edificio BANMA 
Esquina opuesta a Farmacia Regis Tegucigalpa, República de Honduras Fax: +(504) 237-9404 and 237-2726 E-mail: normativorshn@yahoo.com 
Secretaría de Industria y Comercio 
Dirección General de Protección al Consumidor Departamento de Normalización Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle Edificio San José, 2do piso 
Tegucigalpa, República de Honduras 
Fax: +(504) 235-5006 E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn Website: http://www.sic.gob.hn