. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/HND/71 
7 February 2012 
 (12-0730) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   HONDURAS 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   Secretaria de Industria y Comercio  (Ministry of Industry and Trade) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority 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, 3er piso Tegucigalpa Fax: (+504) 2235-3082 / 2235-5047 
E-mail: wduque@sic.gob.hn ; gsalinas_sic@yahoo.com ; roger.pineda@yahoo.com  
Website: http://www.sic.gob.hn/dgiepc/instrume ntos jurídicos/notificaciones de Honduras 
a la OMC 
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 67.160.10 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCA 67.01.06:11, 
Bebidas Alcohólicas.  Bebidas  Alcohólicas Destiladas.  Requisitos de Etiquetado  (Central 
American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67. 01.06:11:  Alcoholic beverages.  Distilled 
alcoholic beverages.  Labelling requi rements) (8 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation establishes the labelling 
requirements to be met by pre-packaged distilled alcoholic beverages for human 
consumption.  It applies to the labelling of a ll distilled alcoholic beverages, pure or mixed, 
in their final presentation unit and marketed within the Central American area. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Food safety G/TBT/N/HND/71 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
(a)  CODEX General Standard for the Labelling of Pre-packaged Foods:  CODEX 
STAN 1-1985 (Rev. 1-1991 and amended by the 23
rd, 24th, 26th and 28th Sessions, 
1999, 2001, 2003 and 2005); 
(b)  Norma de Bebidas Alcohólicas.  Etiquet ado.  Parte 1:  Etiquetado de Bebidas 
Destiladas, COGUANOR NGO 33 002 h1:99  (Guatemalan Standards Commission 
(COGUANOR) Mandatory Standard (NGO ) No. 33 002 h1:99:  Alcoholic 
beverages.  Labelling.  Part 1:  Labelling of distilled beverages). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days 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: 
Secretaría de Salud 
Dirección General de Regulación Sanitaria 
Centro de Tegucigalpa 
Antiguo edificio BANMA Esquina opuesta a Farmacia Regis Tegucigalpa Fax: (+504) 2237-9404 and 2237-2726 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 Fax: (+504) 2235-5006 E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn  and roger.pineda@yahoo.com  
Website: http://www.sic.gob.hn/dgiepc/instrume ntos jurídicos/notificaciones de Honduras 
a la OMC