. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/36 
2 August 2006 
 
 (06-3740) 
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:  REPUBLIC OF 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 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, 4to piso 
Tegucigalpa 
Fax: (+504) 235-5047 / 235-3082 E-mail: pcomercial@sic.gob.hn Web site: www.sic.gob.hn 
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):   International 
Classification fo r Standards (ICS) code 71.100 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCA 71.01.38:06:  
Productos Higiénicos. Etique tado de Productos Higiénicos  (Central American Technical 
Regulation (RTCA) No. 71.01.38:06:  Cleani ng products.  Labelling of cleaning products) 
(8 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Technical Regulation seeks to regulate the labelling of 
cleaning products.  It applies to the labelli ng of all cleaning products subject to sanitary 
registration/authorization. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Protection of human life and health and consumer protection. G/TBT/N/HND/36 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
Decreto Ejecutivo N 28113-S. Reglamento para el Registro de Productos Peligrosos  
(Executive Decree No. 28113-S.  Regulations for the registration of hazardous products).  
Supplement No. 74 to the Official Journal La Gaceta  No. 194, 1999.  Ministry of Health of 
Costa Rica. 
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.  Pictograms: 
http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/ghs/pictograms.html 
System of symbols for the classification of  hazardous products, in accordance with the 
United Nations International Standard:  h ttp://www.tc.gc.ca/canutec/erggmu/placards.aspx. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  
Proposed date of entry into force:   Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
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:  
Secretaria de Salud 
Dirección General de Regulación Sanitaria 
Centro de Tegucigalpa antiguo edificio BANMA esquina opuesta a Farmacia Regis Tegucigalpa Fax:  (+504) 237-2726 
E-mail:  regulacionhon@yahoo.com 
 Dirección General de Producción y Consumo Departamento de Normalización y Metrología Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle 
Edificio San José, 3er piso 
Tegucigalpa Fax: (+504) 235-5006 E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn  Web site: www.sic.gob.hn