. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/HND/11 
3 February 2006 
 
 (06-0458) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   HONDURAS
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  Secretaría de Industria y Comercio  - 
SIC (Ministry of Industry and Trade) 
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería  - SAG (Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  All products exported to Honduras in wood packaging material 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Reglamento para 
Embalaje de Madera Utilizado en  el Comercio Internacional  (Regulations on wood 
packaging material in international trade). 
6. Description of content:   The purpose of these Regulations, which are mandatory throughout 
national territory, is to: 
(a) Establish the phytosanitary measures for wood packaging material in use in 
international trade in goods, the technical specifications thereof, and the use of the 
globally recognized mark attesting to the application of such measures; 
(b) lay down the requirements governing the use of this mark on wood packaging material 
used for the importation and exportation of goods; 
(c) establish guidelines to facilitate the inspecti on at entry points into the country of wood 
packaging material used for the importation of  goods, with a view to reducing the risk 
of pest introduction. 
 This document is consiste nt with International Standards for Phytosanitary 
Measures (ISPM) No. 15:  Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Material in 
International Trade , adopted on 15 March 2002 by the Interim Commission on 
Phytosanitary Measures (ICPM) of the Intern ational Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) of 
the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] protect territory from 
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  8. International standard, gu ideline 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:    
International Standards for Phytosan itary Measures (ISPM) No. 15:  Guidelines for 
Regulating Wood Packaging Materi al in International Trade , approved and published by the 
FAO International Plant Protection Convention. 
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Reglamento para 
Embalaje de Madera Utilizado en  el Comercio Internacional  (Regulations on wood 
packaging material in internationa l trade) (15 pages, in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   25 February 2006 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Upon publication in the Official Journal, La Gaceta . 
12. Final date for comments:  - 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] 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 
Dirección General de Sanida d Agropecuaria (SENASA) 
Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO, República de Honduras 
Tel.: (504) 231-0786 
Fax: (504) 239-1144 
Web site: www.senasa-sag.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 
Dirección General de Sanida d Agropecuaria (SENASA) 
Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO, República de Honduras 
Tel.: (504) 231-0786 Fax: (504) 239-1144 Web site: www.senasa-sag.gob.hn