WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/HND/32 
20 April 2009 
 (09-1859) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  HONDURAS
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería , SAG (Ministry of 
Agriculture and Livestock) 
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):  International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 65.080 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners, or 
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document:  RTCA 65.05.54:09:  Fertilizantes y Enmiendas, de Uso 
Agrícola.  Requisitos para el Registro (Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) 
No. 65.05.54:09:  Fertilizers and soil conditioners for agricultural use.  Registration requirements) Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  19  
6. Description of content:  The aim of the notified Regulation is to lay down the 
requirements for the registration of fertilizers a nd soil conditioners for agricultural use.  It 
applies to the registration of agricultura l fertilizers and soil conditioners which are 
manufactured, formulated, extracted from natu ral sources, packaged, repacked/repackaged, 
imported, exported, distributed and marketed in  countries of the Central American region. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ X] animal health, [ X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM N°)  
[X] None  G/SPS/N/HND/32 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard ?  If so, identify the standard:  (cont'd) 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
• Ley de Protección Fitosanitaria  (Plant protection law) No. 7664, Costa Rica; 
• Decreto Ejecutivo  (Executive Decree) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock 
and the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade No. 28429-MAG-MEIC, Costa Rica; 
• Decreto Ejecutivo  (Executive Decree) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock 
No. 26503-MAG, Costa Rica; 
• Decreto Ejecutivo  (Executive Decree) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock 
No. 27973-MAG, Costa Rica; 
• Decreto legislativo  (Legislative Decree) No. 315:  Ley sobre control de pesticidas, 
fertilizantes y productos para uso ag ropecuario y su reglamento  (Law on the 
control of pesticides, fertilizers and products for agricultural use, and the 
regulations thereto), El Salvador; 
• Decreto legislativo  (Legislative Decree) No. 524:  Ley de Sanidad Vegetal y 
Animal  (Plant and animal health law), El Salvador; 
• Ley Fitozoosanitaria  (Plant and animal health law), Decree No. 157-94 and Decree 
No. 344-2005, Honduras 
• Reglamento sobre el registro, uso y c ontrol de fertilizantes y materias primas  
(Regulation governing the registration, use and control of fertilizers and raw 
materials), Decree No. 002-94, Honduras; 
• Ley (Law) No. 274:  Ley Básica para la regulación y control de plaguicidas, 
sustancias toxicas, peligrosas y otras similares y su reglamento  (Basic Law on the 
regulation and control of pesticides and toxic, hazardous and other similar 
substances, and the regulations thereto), Nicaragua; 
• Acuerdo Ministerial  (Ministerial Decision) of the Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock and Forestry (MAGFOR) No. 21-2001:  Registro de materias simples de 
fertilizantes edáficos y granulares  (Registration of simple edaphic and granular 
fertilizers), Nicaragua; 
• Ley de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal  (Plant and animal health law), Decree No. 36-98 
and the regulations thereto, and Acuerdo Gubernativo  (Government Decision) 
No. 745-99, Guatemala; 
• Acuerdo Ministerial  (Ministerial Decision) No. 1221-2004:  Normas para el 
registro de personas individuales o jurídi cas interesadas en realizar actividades 
vinculadas con insumos para uso agrícola y los requisitos para el registro de 
insumos para uso agrícola en el Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y 
Alimentación  (Rules for the registration of natu ral and legal persons involved in 
activities related to inputs for agricultural use, and requirements for the registration 
of agricultural inputs with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food), Guatemala. 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Unknown 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  Unknown  G/SPS/N/HND/32 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Unknown 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [ X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  19 June 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [ X] National Notification Authority, [ X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
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, República de Honduras Telefax: +(504) 235-5006 E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn Website: http://www.sic.gob.hn
 
 
Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO Tegucigalpa, República de Honduras 
Tel.: +(504) 231-0786 
Fax: +(504) 239-1144 Website: http://www.sag.gob.hn