. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/HND/16 
3 December 2007  
 (07-5318)  
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) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers sh ould be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Fertilizers and agricultural raw materials 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries which export fertilizers and agricultural raw materials to Honduras  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Reglamento sobre el 
Registro, Uso y Control de Fertilizantes y Materias Primas   (Regulation governing the 
registration, use and control of fertilizers a nd raw materials)  (16 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:  The notified Regulation seeks to establish technical, administrative 
and legal provisions within the framework of the Ley Fitozoosanitaria  (Plant and Animal 
Health Law) with regard to the registration,  import, manufacture, formulation, repacking, 
repackaging, transport, storage,  sale, use, handling and export of  fertilizers and agricultural raw 
materials. This Regulation does not apply to substances used as laboratory materials or reagents. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety , [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [   ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests    
8. International standard, guideline 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 these are available:  Regulation governing 
the registration, use and control of fertilizer s and raw materials (19 pages, in Spanish) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  This Regulation will enter into force upon publication in the 
Diario Oficial La Gaceta  (Official Journal). 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This Regulation will enter into force upon publication in 
the Official Journal. G/SPS/N/HND/16 
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  12. Final date for comments:  60 days 
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts:  [   ] 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 
Website: www.sag.gob.hn
 
Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO República de Honduras 
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) 
Tel.: +(504) 231-0786 
Fax: +(504) 239-1144 
Website: www.senasa.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 
Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO 
República de Honduras 
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) 
Tel.: +(504) 231-0786 Fax: +(504) 239-1144 Website: www.sag.gob.hn