. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/GTM/65 
21 April 2010 
 (10-2057) 
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:  GUATEMALA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación  (Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock and Food) 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:  
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food 
7a Avenida 12-90, Zona 13, Guatemala, C.A. 01013 
Tel.: (502) 2413-7000 
E-mail: jsandoval@maga.gob.gt and juansandoval55065@gmail.com  Contact person:  Juan Salvador Sandoval Área Fitozoogenética 
Unidad de Normas y Regulaciones 
Website:  http://www.maga.gob.gt/
 
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 65.020.20 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   RTCA 65.05.53:10:  
Insumos Agropecuarios.  Requisitos para producción y comercialización de semilla 
certificada de granos básicos y soya (Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) 
No. 65.05.53:10:  "Agricultural inputs.  Requi rements for the production and marketing of 
certified staple grain and soya seeds") (22 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Regulation seeks to lay down the field and laboratory 
requirements, procedures and standards appli cable to the production and marketing of 
certified staple grain (rice, beans, sorghum, co rn) and soya seeds.  It applies to foundation 
(or basic), registered and certified seed of rice,  beans, sorghum, corn and soya intended for 
production and marketing in Central American countries. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of plant health. G/TBT/N/GTM/65 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• International Rules for Seed Testing (In ternational Seed Testing Association, 
ISTA); 
• Proyecto regional de estandarización de políticas y regulaciones en semillas 
(OIRSA-BM) (Regional project for the standardization of policies and regulations 
on seeds, Regional International Organiza tion for Plant Protection and Animal 
Health (OIRSA) and the World Bank); 
• Genetic and Crop Standards  (Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies, 
AOSCA).  
 
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:  
Ministerio de Economía 
8ª. Av. 10-43, Zona 1 Oficina de Integración Económica, 4to. Nivel. Tel.: 2412-0338 and 2412-0339 E-mail for comments:  claveria@mineco.gob.gt Website: http://www.mineco.gob.gt/