. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/43 
25 July 2007 
 (07-3181) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circulat ed in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS
 
If applicable, name of local governme nt 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 Integració n Económica y Política Comercial  (Directorate-General of 
Economic Integration and Trade Policy) 
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle 
Edificio San José, 4to piso Tegucigalpa Telefax: (+504) 235-3082 / 235-5047 
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 67.020 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   RTCA 67.04.40:07:  
Alimentos y Bebidas Procesados. Gr asas y Aceites. Especificaciones (Central American 
Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.40:07:  Processed foods and beverages.  Fats and 
oils. Specifications) (23 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulati on seeks to establish the general 
specifications to be met by vegetable, animal and marine oils and fats and the edible by-
products thereof which are pre-packaged and processed so as to be suitable for human 
consumption and marketed within the Central American area. 
 The specifications and parameters containe d in this Regulation apply to the above-
mentioned pre-packaged refined oils and fats.  When an oil or fat has been subjected to a 
process of chemical change or to geographi c or climatic variations, supplementary or 
reference criteria may be used in order to confirm that it complies with the Regulation. 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Protection of human health and preven tion of practices likely to mislead the 
consumer. 
8. Relevant documents:    
Codex Standard for Edible Fats and Oils not Covered by Individual Standards :  CODEX 
STAN 19-1981 (Rev. 2 - 1999); 
Codex Standard for Margarine :  CODEX STAN 32-1981 (Rev. 1-1989); 
Codex Standard for Named Vegetable Oils :  CODEX-STAN 210 - 1999 (Rev. 2003, 2005). 
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 addresse s, if available, of other body:    
Secretaria de Salud 
Dirección General de Regulación Sanitaria Centro de Tegucigalpa 
Antiguo edificio BANMA 
Esquina opuesta a Farmacia Regis 
Telefax:  +(504) 237-2726 / 237-9404 
E-mail: regulacionhon@yahoo.com  
 
Dirección General de Producción y Consumo 
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle 
Edificio San José, 3er piso Tegucigalpa Telefax: (+504) 235-5006 
E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn Web site: www.sic.gob.hn