. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/39 
3 October 2006 
 (06-4724) 
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  (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) 235-5057  
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):   ICS Code  11.120.99 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Central American 
Technical Regulation (RTCA) 11.04.41:06 Productos Naturales de Uso Humano. 
Productos Naturales con Porpiedades Medicinal es.  Etiquetado de Productos Naturales  
(Natural Products for Human Use.  Products  with Medicinal Properties.  Labelling of 
Natural Products) (7 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this technical regulation is to establish minimum 
requirements for the labelling of natural products  for human use, as regards both products 
from the territory of the Central Am erican countries and imported products. 
 This technical regulation applies to the labelling of all natural products for human 
use, irrespective of the terms and conditions of sal e, shipping or supply.  It does not apply to 
products containing as constituent responsible for pharmacological activity standardized 
natural material or material that is chemically  synthesized or isolated from natural material, 
since they are not considered to be natural products. 
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/39 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 RTCA 11.01.02:03 Reglamento Técnico Productos Farmacéuticos. Etiquetado de 
productos farmacéuticos para uso humano  (Technical Regulation for Pharmaceutical 
Products.  Labelling of Pharmaceu tical Products for Human Use). 
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 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