WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/GTM/49 
20 December 2010 
 (10-6814) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  GUATEMALA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social  (Ministry of Public 
Health and Social Welfare) 
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):  Pesticides.  Pesticides for domestic  and professional use (International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 65.100) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners [ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  RTCA 65.03.57:10, Plaguicidas.  Plaguicidas de uso 
doméstico y de uso profesional .  Requisitos de etiquetado (Central American Technical 
Regulation (RTCA) No. 65.03.57:10:  Pesticid es.  Pesticides for domestic and professional 
use.  Labelling requirements). 
Text available online in Spanish at:   http://www.mineco.gob.gt/Presentacion/Explor arDirectorio.aspx?titulo=TituloIntegracionE
conomica&subtitulo=Sistema+de+Integraci %u00f3n+Centroameri cana&llaveExploracion=
Integraci%u00f3n+Centroamericana  
Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  19 
6. Description of content:  The aim of the notified Technical Regulation is to establish the 
information and specifications that must appear on the labels of pesticides for domestic and 
professional use.  It applies to the labels of pesticides for domestic and professional use, in 
their different formulations and presentations, marketed in Central American countries. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/GTM/49 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
• Guidelines on Good Labelling Practice for Pesticides , Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome 1995; 
• Norma COGUANOR NGO 44 063.  Plaguicidas.  Rotulado para los productos de 
uso casero  (Guatemalan Standards Comm ission (COGUANOR) Mandatory 
Standard (NGO) No. 44 063:  "Pesticid es.  Labelling of household products"); 
• Norma COGUANOR NGO 44 052.  Plaguici das.  Etiquetado de plaguicidas 
químicos formulados para uso en la agricultura. 2ª Revisión  (Guatemalan 
Standards Commission (COGUANOR) Mandatory Standard (NGO) No. 44 052:  "Pesticides.  Labelling of chemical pestic ides formulated for u se in agriculture", 
2
nd Revision); 
• Norma para la Clasificación Toxicológica y Etiquetado de Plaguicidas de uso 
Doméstico y en Salud Pública.  Norma Técnica Obligatoria Nicaragüense NTON 02 003-98 (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 02 003-98:  "Standard for toxicological classification and labelling of pesticides for household use and in public health"); 
• Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-046-SSA1-199 3, Plaguicidas-Productos para uso 
doméstico-etiquetado  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-046-SSA1-1993:  
"Pesticides - Products for domestic use - Labelling"); 
• Reglamento de Costa Rica, Decreto 30045-S  (Costa Rican Regulation, 
Decree No. 30045-S); 
• Manual sobre elaboración y empleo de las especificaciones de la FAO y de la 
OMS para plaguicidas.  Especificaciones para plaguicidas (Manual on Development and Use of FAO and WHO Specifications for Pesticides), Rome 
2004; 
• Requerimientos de etiquetado para  productos empacados, Organización 
Internacional de Metrología Legal, OIML  R79/1997 (International Organization of 
Legal Metrology, OIML R79/1997:  "Labelling requirements for prepackaged products"; 
• The WHO Recommended Classification by  Hazard and Guidelines to 
Classification 2004 .  Corrigenda published by 12 April 2005 incorporated.  
International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS).  G/SPS/N/GTM/49 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  18 February 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social 
Departamento de Regulación y Control de Productos Farmacéuticos y Afines 
3ª. Calle final 2-10, Colonia Valles de Vista Hermosa Zona 15, Ciudad Guatemala Tel.: +(502) 2365-6255 to 60 E-mail: drcpfa.jefatura@gmail.com 
Technical contact point
: 
María Antonia Pardo de Chávez E-mail: mpardodechavez@yahoo.com Website: http://www.mspas.gob.gt
 
Ministerio de Economía 
8ª Av. 10-43, Zona 1 
Oficina Integración Económica, 4to. nivel Ciudad Guatemala Tel.: +(502) 2412-0338 and +(502) 2412-0339, Ext. 4310 E-mail: rclaveria@mineco.gob.gt Website: http://www.mineco.gob.gt