. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/HND/14 
3 December 2007  
 (07-5316)  
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):  Seeds and other plant propagation material 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries which export seeds and other plant material to Honduras  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Reglamento de Semillas  
(Regulation on Seeds)  (31 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified Regulation seeks to: 
• Regulate official and private research into the improvement of existing plant varieties and the 
development of new, improved varieties of direct or indirect use to mankind; 
• regulate the production and processing of certified and verified seeds; 
• regulate the certification, distribution and sale of seeds; 
• monitor compliance with the technical and ad ministrative provisions referred to in the 
Regulation; 
• guarantee the availability to producers of seeds of high genetic, physiological, physical and 
phytosanitary quality; 
• prevent the introduction and spread of weeds, ot her pests and non-registered plant varieties; 
• ensure that the certification and control of seed production is carried out in a transparent 
manner and on the basis of technical and scientific arguments. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,  
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests    
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE),  
[ X ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] 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 on Seeds (22 
pages, in Spanish). G/SPS/N/HND/14 
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  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. 
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 
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