. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/23 
24 October 2005 
 (05-4887) 
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:   Secretaría de Industria y Comercio  - SIC (Ministry of Industry and 
Trade) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  HS tariff heading 2201;  
International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 67.160 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RT-CIN-Salud 
67.01.119:05: Calidad del agua envasada y hielo para consumo humano directo e indirecto  
(Technical Regulation RT-CIN-Health 67.01.119 :05: Quality of bottled water and ice for 
direct and indirect human consumption)  (14 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Regulation establishes the quality and laboratory analysis 
parameters for water supply sources and bottled wa ter and ice for direct and indirect human 
consumption in order to ensure that  products are safe and healthy. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Health protection  
8. 
  
 
     Relevant documents:    
- Norma Técnica Nacional para la Calidad del Agua Potable  (National Technical 
Standard on drinking water quality) (Agreement No. 084 of 31 July 1995). 
- Guías para Elaborar Normas de Calidad de  Agua de Bebida en los Países en 
Desarrollo  (Guides to the development of standards on drinking water quality in 
developing countries) (OPS/CEPIS/PVB/02.78), Felipe Solsana. 
- Guía para la Vigilancia del Control de la Calidad del Agua para Consumo Humano  
(Guide to quality control monitoring of water for human consumption) 
(OPS/CEPIS/PVB/02.79), Ricardo Rojas. 
- Guías para la Calidad del Agua Potable  (Guides to drinking water quality) (Vols. I, II 
and III), Pan American Health Organization (OPS). G/TBT/N/HND/23 
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Relevant documents:   (cont'd) 
- Código Alimenticio Español  (Spanish Food Code), Vol. XIX, water and ice. 
- International Bottled Water Association (IBWA), Good Manufacturing Practices  
(GMPs), US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 
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 Web site add resses, if available, of other body:    
Secretaría de Industria y Comercio 
Departamento de Normalización y Metrología 
Tel./Fax: (+504) 235-5006 E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn