. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/60 
4 September 2009 
 (09-4201) 
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:  HONDURAS
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Website addresses, if available) of agency or au thority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
Dirección General de Integraci ón Económica y Política Comercial  
(Directorate-General of Economic Integration and Trade Policy) 
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle Edificio San José, 4to piso Tegucigalpa 
Telefax: +(504) 235-5047/235-3082 
E-mail: wduque@sic.gob.hn
 
Website: http://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):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 11.100 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTH-SALUD 
11.01.121:09:  Laboratorios de Salud.  Labora torios de Análisis Clínicos y Centros de 
Toma de Muestras.  Centros de Con sejería y Pruebas Rápidas.  Apertura y 
Funcionamiento (Honduran Technical Regulation on Health RTH-SALUD 
No. 11.01.121:09:  Health laboratories.  Clini cal analysis laboratories and sampling clinics.  
Screening and advisory centres.  Establishm ent and operations) (28 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified Technical Regulation establishes the minimum 
technical and sanitary conditions and requirements governing the establishment and functioning in national territory of clinical analysis laboratories and screening and advisory 
centres.  
The Regulation applies to all clinical analys is laboratories, sampling clinics and screening 
and advisory centres, both public and private,  including the National Health Surveillance 
Laboratory Department and departmental laboratories. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health. G/TBT/N/HND/60 
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  8. Relevant documents: 
- Código de Salud  (Health Code).  Decreto (Decree) No. 65-91 of 28 May 1991; 
- Reglamento para el Control Sanitario de Productos, Servicios y Establecimientos 
de Interés Sanitario  (Regulation on the sanitary control of health products, services 
and establishments).  Acuerdo  (Decision) No. 06-05 of 4 November 2005; 
- Ley Especial Sobre VIH/SIDA  (Special Law on HIV/AIDS).  Decree No. 147-99 of 
the Ministry of Health, Honduras; 
- Reglamento de la Ley Especial Sobre VIH / SIDA  (Regulations implementing the 
Special Law on HIV/AIDS).  Decision No. 0009 of the Ministry of Health, Honduras; 
- Norma Técnica Nacional para la Calidad del Agua Potable  (Honduran Technical 
Standard on drinking water quality).  Acuerdo Ejecutivo  de la República de 
Honduras (Executive Decision of the Republic of Honduras) No. 084 of 
31 July 1995; 
- Reglamento General de Salud Ambiental (General Regulations on Environmental 
Health).  Decision No. 0094 of 11  June 1997.  Republic of Honduras; 
- Reglamento para el Manejo de los De sechos Peligrosos Generados en los 
Establecimientos de Salud  (Regulation on the manage ment of hazardous wastes 
generated by health-car e establishments). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: }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:  
Full text of notified Technical Regulation available from: 
Secretaria de Salud 
Dirección General de Regulación Sanitaria Centro de Tegucigalpa antiguo edificio BANMA, esquina opuesta a Farmacia Regis 
Tegucigalpa 
Telefax: +(504) 237- 9404 and 237-2726 E-mail: normativorshn@yahoo.com
 
Secretaria de Industria y Comercio 
Dirección General de Producción y Consumo 
Departamento de Normalización 
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle Edificio San José, 3er piso Tegucigalpa Telefax: +(504) 235-5006 
E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn
 
Website: http://www.sic.gob.hn