. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/52 
21 December 2007 
 (07-5716) 
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 Agricultura y Ganadería , SAG (Ministry of 
Agriculture and Livestock) 
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:  
Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Web site: www.sag.gob.hn Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO Tegucigalpa, República de Honduras 
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) 
Tel.: (+504) 231-0786 Fax: (+504) 239-1144 Web site: www.senasa.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):   Organic agriculture 
produce 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Reglamento sobre 
Agricultura Orgánica de la Secretar ía de Agricultura y Ganadería (Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock Regulation on organic agriculture) (49 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Regulation seeks to: 
• Regulate the production, processing, impor t, export and marketing of organic 
agriculture produce and lay down the procedures, steps and rules for the different 
stages of the processes related to and the certification of such products; 
• establish mechanisms to protect consum ers against deception and fraud in the 
market-place and unsubsta ntiated product claims; 
• establish mechanisms to protect producers of organic produce against 
misrepresentation of other non-controlled agricultural produce as being organic; 
• ensure that all stages of production, pro cessing, preparation, storage, transport, 
import, export and marketing are subject to inspection and comply with these guidelines. G/TBT/N/HND/52 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Environmental protection 
8. Relevant documents:   Existing Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Regulation on 
organic agriculture (31 pages, in Spanish). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: }This Regulation will enter into force upon 
publication in the Diario Oficial La Gaceta  
(Official Journal). 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days 
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:  
Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO 
Tegucigalpa, República de Honduras  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) Tel.: (+504) 231-0786 Fax: (+504) 239-1144 
Web site: www.sag.gob.hn 
Secretaría de Industria y Comercio 
Dirección General de Producción y Consumo 
Departamento de Normalización y Metrología 
Edificio San José, 3er piso, Tegucigalpa 
Telefax: (+504) 235-5006  
E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn Web site: www.sic.gob.hn