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G/SPS/N/HND/46 
6 July 2012 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Fresh fruit for consumption:  Tomato ( Lycopersicum sculentum ), potato 
(Solanum tuberosum ), aubergine ( Solanum melongena ) and other Solanaceae such as 
Datura stramonium , Datura ferox , Lycium chilense , Solanum liratum , Solanum 
elaeagnifolium , Solanum peberulum  and Solanun nigrum . 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners [ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Ministerial Decision ( Acuerdo Ministerial ) No. 908-2011,  
published in official journal La Gaceta  No. 32,594 of 15 August 2011  
Language(s): Spanish Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:   Phytosanitary measures to pr event the introduction of the 
quarantine pest the tomato leaf miner, Tuta Absoluta  (Meyrick), which affects tomato and 
other solanaceous crops.  Products hosting th is pest are banned from entering Honduras. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [X] 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)  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[ ] None G/SPS/N/HND/46 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [X] 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:  Ley Fito 
Zoosanitaria Decreto 157-94, y su reforma De creto 344-2005, Reglamento de Cuarentena 
Agropecuaria Acuerdo N.1618-97 (Law on plant and animal health, Decree No. 157-94, 
and the amendment thereto, Decree No. 344-200 5;  Regulation on agricultural quarantine, 
Decision No. 1618-97) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  15 August 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Upon publication in the official journal. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  4 September 2012 
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:  
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Dirección Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) Boulevard Miraflores, Ave. La FAO Apdo. postal # 309 Tegucigalpa, Honduras, C.A. 
Tel.: (+504) 2232-6213, 2239-7089, 2235-8160 
Fax: (+504) 2231-0786, 2239-1144 Website: http://www.senasa-sag.gob.hn