. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/HND/10 
13 January 2006 
 (06-0162) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures  Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   HONDURAS
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería  - SAG (Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock);  Secretaría de Industria y Comercio  - SIC (Ministry of Industry and Trade) 
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):  All products exported to Honduras 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Modificación a la actual 
Ley Fito Zoosanitaria, Decreto Ejecutivo No. 344-2005, del 15 de diciembre de 2005  
(Amendment to the existing Plant and Anim al Health Law, Executive Decree No. 344-
2005 of 15 December 2005). 
6. Description of content:   Amendment to Articles 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 
16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 39 of the Plant and Animal Health 
Law, contained in Decree No. 157-94 of 4 November 1994. 
 The notified law seeks to ensure the prot ection of human, animal and plant health, 
and the protection and safety of the products and by-products thereof, from the adverse 
effects of pests and diseases of economic and quarantine significance. 
 In order to achieve the objectives set forth in the Law, the Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (SAG) will be directing its e fforts towards improving food safety and 
strengthening the implementation of sanitary and phytosanitary measures, in particular with 
regard to epidemiological diagnosis and surv eillance, information systems, agricultural 
quarantine, sanitary and phytosanitary certifi cation, approval of sanitary and phytosanitary 
systems, control of agricultural and livest ock inputs, control of organic and biotech 
products of animal and plant origin, pest and disease control and eradication programmes 
and campaigns, accreditation of professionals and firms for operations outsourced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock thr ough the National Agricultural Health Service 
(Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria  - SENASA), and harmonization and 
coordination mechanisms at nati onal and international level. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] protect territory from 
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  8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE),  [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which th ese are available:   Decree No. 344-2005 
of 16 December 2005, Plant and Animal Health Law (21 pages, in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   16 December 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Upon publication in the Official Journal, La Gaceta . 
12. Final date for comments:    
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
 Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería 
 Dirección General de Sani dad Agropecuaria (SENASA) 
 Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO 
 Tegucigalpa, República de Honduras  Tel.: (504) 231-0786  Fax: (504) 239-1144  Web site:  www.senasa-sag.gob.hn
 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
 Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería 
 Dirección General de Sani dad Agropecuaria (SENASA) 
 Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO 
 Tegucigalpa, República de Honduras 
 Tel.: (504) 231-0786  Fax: (504) 239-1144  Web site:  www.senasa-sag.gob.hn