. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/LIC/N/2/HND/2 
12 November 2007 
 (07-4900) 
Committee on Import Licensing Original:   Spanish 
  
 
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES 
 
Notification Under Article 5
 
 
HONDURAS 
 
  The following notification, dated 19 October 2007, has been received from the delegation of 
Honduras.  
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  The delegation of Honduras hereby notifies Ar ticle 43 of Decree No. 157-94, Law on Plant 
and Animal Health
1, amending Law on Plant and Animal Health Decree No. 344-2005. 
 
 List and description of products subject to licensing procedures  
 
(a) Plant health  
 
 Plants, plant products and by-products, and prod ucts and inputs for agricultural use, such as 
fertilizers and substrates;  cotton and cotton pr oducts;  coffee and coffee products;  grain and 
grain products;  sugar cane and by-products;  c ondiments;  cut flowers (roses, gardenia, lilac, 
camellia, rhododendron, azalea, etc.);  fruit and vegetables;  frozen fruits and vegetables;  agricultural inputs;  groundnuts and by-products;  plant fibre materials;  inert materials as a 
substrate medium;  manufactured and se mi-manufactured products;  wood and wood 
products, except for veneered wood, plywood a nd laminated wood;  wicker and rattan for 
furniture manufacturing;  soil samples;  foliage, etc.;  ornamental plants;  processed potatoes;  
plants and plant products for or capable of propa gation;  aromatic and medicinal plants;  roots 
and tubers;  seed potatoes;  oilseed for anim al feed;  and tobacco and tobacco products. 
 
(b) Animal health
 
 
 Animals and animal products:  domestic and farm livestock and other species that may carry 
diseases that could affect Honduran livestock a nd poultry:  products and by-products derived 
from animal (livestock) in any manner for comme rcial or research uses;  poultry and hatching 
eggs and other avian species;  animal and avian specimens, tissues or blood products;  
materials that have been exposed to samples of  dairy products, hay, straw, grasses, etc. for 
scientific uses from countries considered to be  affected with diseases such as foot-and-mouth 
disease, avian influenza or bovine spongiform encephalopathy;  germplasm – semen and 
embryos (livestock);  organisms that affect certain livestock and avian species and various 
                                                      
1 The text of the Decree is available for consulta tion in the WTO Secretariat (Market Access Division) 
(Spanish only). G/LIC/N/2/HND/2 
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  vectors of such organisms;  veterinary biol ogical products, including seeds and substrates, 
pharmaceutical products for veteri nary use, and feed formulas for certain animal species. 
 
(c) Contact point for information on eligibility
 
 
Secretaría de Industria y Comercio (Ministry of Industry and Trade) 
Address: Edificio Fenaduanah, Boulevard Kuwait, 4to Piso 
Tel.:  235 50 47 / 30 82 Fax:  235 50 47 Web site: www.sic.gob.hn
 
E-mail:  pcomercial@sic.gob.hn  
 
(d) Administrative body for submission of applications  
 
Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock) 
Address: Boulevard Miraflores Ave. La FAO contiguo a INJUPEMP, 
Tegucigalpa M.D.C. 
Tel.:  (+) 504 235 84 25 / 239 72 70 / 232 62 13 / 23 Fax:  (+) 504 239 11 44 Web site: www.sag.gob.hn
 
E-mail:  ogarcia@sag.gob.hn  
 
(e) Date and name of publication wh ere licensing procedures are published  
 
 Constitution of the Republic:  Article 245, sec tions 11, 116 and 118 of the General Law on 
Public Administration, Article 43 of Decree No. 157-94, Law on Plant and Animal Health, 
amending Law on Plant and Animal Health Decree No. 344-2005. 
 
(f) Indication of whether the licensing pr ocedure is automatic or non-automatic  
 
 Non-automatic.  (g) Administrative purpose of th e automatic licensing procedure
 
 
 Not applicable.  
(h) In the case of non-automatic procedures, indication of the measure implemented 
through the licensing procedure  
 
 Submission of the import permit application for products and by-products of plant or animal 
origin;  application to import agricultural inputs. 
 
(i) Expected duration of the licensing procedure  
 
 A maximum of 15 working days.  
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