Executive Decree PCM-015-2020 through which the National Service of Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASA) is created

OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE FOR AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY.

The National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASA) is hereby created as a National Security Entity, Deconcentrated from the Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG), exercising its competence at the national level, with technical, administrative and financial autonomy, of indefinite duration and with full capacity to acquire, exercise rights and contract obligations, powers to sign Agreements of Technical and Administrative Cooperation with national and international organizations in matters of Health, Phytosanitary and Food Safety with the objective of ensuring the protection of persons, animals and to preserve plants, as well as the conservation and safety of their products and byproducts against the harmful action of pests and diseases of economic and quarantine importance. CHAPTER II

OF THE DOMICILE. The National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASA) must have offices in the areas of the country where the presence of its services is demanded.

OF THE CONDITION OF POINT OF CONTACT. The National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASA) serves as a Point of Contact in matters within its competence with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) by its acronym, the International Plant Protection Commission (IPPC) by its acronym, the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) by its acronym and the Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and all those organizations that have relation with the main objective of SENASA. CHAPTER III

OF THE SCOPE OF SENASA. The National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASA), in order to fulfill its objectives, must direct the Agricultural Health System, which comprises food safety and the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures mainly to diagnosis and epidemiological surveillance, information and notification systems, agricultural quarantine, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Certification in order to support the trade of agricultural production, the control and analysis of agricultural inputs, products of animal and plant origin including organic and biotechnological ones, sanitary registries, programs and campaigns for the prevention, control and/or eradication of pests and diseases, the accreditation of professionals and companies in those actions that by their nature are delegable under the criterion of SENASA. CHAPTER IV

FUNCTIONS. The National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASA) has the following functions:

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  The application of Laws, Regulations, Agreements, Decrees, Standards and Agreements related to its competence;

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  Issue norms and regulatory procedures and coordinate actions for ensuring the quality and safety of foods that originate in the agricultural sector, both for human and animal consumption; registration, importation, elaboration, formulation, repackaging, repacking, transport, storage, sale, use and proper handling and exportation of pesticides for animal use, veterinary products, products used in animal feeding, biologics, as well as establishments that import, produce, distribute, sell and/or export them;

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  Apply and administer, in what pertains to its competence, International, Regional Agreements and those resulting from Free Trade Treaties ratified by the Republic of Honduras in matters of Health, Phytosanitary and Agricultural Food Safety. It shall also manage National Agreements aimed at fulfilling its purposes;

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  The adoption and harmonization of sanitary and phytosanitary measures and protection levels based on the recommendations of international reference organizations of the WTO, on scientific evidence or on the basis of a risk assessment to facilitate national, regional and international trade of: Animals, plants and foods destined for human consumption, animal feed, veterinary medicines and agricultural inputs;

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  Recognize through equivalence or other similar concepts, national and international food control systems and their components, when it is demonstrated that they achieve the same objectives of consumer health protection, even if they have different designs or structures;

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  Formulate Sanitary and Phytosanitary Policies and Regulations intended to comply with the Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures of the World Trade Organization and the resolutions and recommendations arising from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE); the International Convention for Plant Protection (IPPC), the Codex Alimentarius Commission and other international bodies dedicated to the surveillance, control, prevention and eradication of diseases and pests in animals and plants, their products and byproducts;

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  The sanitary and phytosanitary regulation of organisms, biotechnology products and genetic editing;

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  Establish, collect and administer the fees for the provision of specialized goods and services provided by SENASA. These fees will be applied to services provided directly and those delegated by SENASA to natural and legal persons through service outsourcing mechanisms;

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  Simplify its administrative procedures in order to carry out expeditiously the actions, authorizations, permits, sanitary and phytosanitary registrations and any other procedure within its competence that are necessary to comply with obligations contracted on the basis of the Law or by virtue of commitments acquired at national and international levels.

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  Represent Honduras before National, Regional and International Organizations linked to animal health, plant health and the safety of agro-industrial processes;

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  Participate in international commercial negotiations of the Government of Honduras, as well as in forums where standards are established with respect to sanitary, phytosanitary and safety matters;

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  Manage the international recognition of the sanitary and phytosanitary condition of the country to maintain current markets and promote the opening of new ones;

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  Declare areas and zones free and/or of low prevalence of pests and diseases of animals and plants in accordance with the procedures and recommendations of Regional and International Organizations;

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  SENASA must execute the existing powers and competencies in matters of sanitary, phytosanitary, safety and agricultural traceability.

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  Establish the information systems necessary to facilitate communications with users and with national and international entities;

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  Execute when appropriate the Declaration of Sanitary and/or Phytosanitary Emergency decreed by the President of the Republic.

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  Accreditation of third parties to execute one or more activities within the framework of SENASA sanitary programs;

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  Regulate, oversee, formulate, develop, administer, advise and facilitate the Official Registry of Agricultural Traceability with scope to primary production, transformation and distribution of animal, plant, apicultural, aquacultural, fishing production; their products, byproducts and derivatives, inputs and raw materials that comprise it and any other substance intended to be incorporated in a food for human consumption or in a food for animals. In the case of agricultural production sites, they will be registered under ISPM 36;

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  The diagnosis and epidemiological surveillance of pests and diseases, in order to evaluate their incidence and prevalence, as a useful instrument for planning the prevention, control and eradication of the same and the provision of sanitary and phytosanitary services to producers;

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  Hygienic-sanitary inspection in the processing of products, inspection, certification, verification of products of animal and plant origin as well as the establishments that elaborate them and assurance of compliance with sanitary and phytosanitary measures;

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  The quarantine control of imports, exports and transit of plants, animals, products and byproducts of plant and animal origin, means of transport, equipment or materials potentially carrying pests and diseases that constitute a risk to agricultural heritage and prevent their introduction, dissemination and establishment in the country;

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  The sanitary, phytosanitary and quality control of seeds or any other propagation material and their respective certification, biological products, biotechnological, chemical, pharmaceutical and food inputs for animal and plant use;

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  The control and supervision of equipment for use and application of agricultural inputs in plants and animals;

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  The prevention, control and eradication of endemic and exotic pests and diseases of plants and animals under the planning and coordination of programs and joint campaigns with producers and other institutions;

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  The adoption, standardization and application of sanitary, phytosanitary and food safety measures for national, regional and international trade of plants, animals, their products, byproducts and agricultural inputs;

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  The coordination and execution of studies to establish and apply the procedures for diagnosis, prevention, control and epidemiological surveillance, quarantine, control of inputs for agricultural use, for the effective control of pests and diseases of economic and quarantine importance;

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  The planning, development and evaluation of joint activities with public and private entities, national and international, which have relation with agricultural health;

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  The subscription of agreements or conventions with producing and processing countries of plants, animals, products and byproducts destined for the Honduran market, prior to compliance with the requirements that SENASA establishes in sanitary and phytosanitary matters;

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  The issuance of authorized Import and Export Certificates, which shall at least include

  the name of product, quantity, and name of country of origin or destination of the same;

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  The sanitary and phytosanitary regulation of organisms and biotechnology products so that any natural or legal person that imports, investigates, exports, experiments, mobilizes, releases, multiplies or commercializes genetically modified living organisms or their products, biological control agents and other types of organisms for agricultural use, produced within or outside the country must have prior approval from SENASA without prejudice to other sanitary and phytosanitary requirements;

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  SENASA must keep the registry of producers, certifiers, inspectors, processors and marketers of organic agricultural products and their inputs, it must also monitor compliance with established procedures; it shall also issue the corresponding certificates and may accredit natural or legal persons that meet the established requirements; and,

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  Others that are determined by International Treaties and Agreements, Central American Technical Regulations, Laws related to the matter, those established by Regulations and those that arise as part of SENASA operations. CHAPTER V

OPERATION, FUNCTIONING, CONTROL AND STRUCTURE OF SENASA. For its operation, functioning and control, the organic structure of SENASA shall be at least the following: I. Management and Execution Level: 1. General Management; and, 2. Deputy General Management. II. Technical Management Level: 1. Technical Management of Animal Health; 2. Technical Management of Plant Health; 3. Technical Management of Agrifood Safety; and, 4. Technical Management of Agricultural and Livestock Quarantine. III. Administrative Management Level: 1. Legal Management; 2. Management of Administration and Finance; 3. Management of Human Resources and Training; 4. General Secretariat; and, 5. Coordinator of Regional Offices. IV. Support Services Level:

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  Unit of Planning, Projects and Studies;

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  Unit of Modernization;

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  Unit of Information Technology;

• 4)

  Unit of Communications;

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  Unit of Laboratories; and, 6. Internal Audit.

OF THE HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE. The Management Departments and Support Units depend directly on the General Management. The organization, functions and responsibilities of the Organic Structure of the National Service of Health and Agrifood Safety (SENASA), shall be determined in the respective Regulations. Other areas may also be created that are deemed necessary for the fulfillment of its objectives and functions, subject to a review of SENASA's general budget. CHAPTER VI

OF THE GENERAL DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY GENERAL DIRECTOR OF SENASA. For the fulfillment of its functions, the National Service of Health and Agrifood Safety (SENASA), must have a General Director and a Deputy General Director. The General Director is responsible for the legal representation of SENASA, as well as the administration, management, coordination, control and supervision of SENASA's operations, and must fulfill the institutional objectives, goals and results that correspond to him by mandate of Law and those designated by the President of the Republic. The positions of General Director and Deputy General Director of SENASA are freely appointed and removable by the President of the Republic, who must choose them from a list of three (3) candidates proposed by the SENASA Board of Directors, and may be ratified again for an equal period. Such ratifications, as well as those of the General Director and Deputy General Director in their positions shall be made based on the results of the performance evaluation conducted by the Board of Directors. The aforementioned list of candidates shall result from a public competition conducted in accordance with the provisions established in a special Manual that shall be prepared and approved by the Board of Directors within a maximum period of sixty (60) days from the effective date of this Decree. In order to ensure an orderly transition process, the current Director of SENASA shall be ratified in his position, issuing for such purpose the respective Appointment Agreement, always remaining subject to the results of the performance evaluation conducted by the Board of Directors.

REQUIREMENTS TO BE GENERAL DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY GENERAL DIRECTOR OF SENASA. To be General Director or Deputy General Director of SENASA the following are required:

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  To be Honduran by birth;

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  To be in the full exercise of civil and political rights;

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  Not to have been convicted of the commission of crimes;

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  To hold a University degree, preferably with a postgraduate degree, in the areas of agrifood, agricultural and livestock, agroindustries, animal and plant health, and food technology;

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  To have experience of not less than five (5) years in the performance of executive or management positions in the agrifood sector; and,

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  To be of recognized integrity.

INELIGIBILITIES. The spouses, persons linked by common-law union or relatives within the fourth degree of consanguinity or second degree of affinity of the President of the Republic or any of the Members, principal or alternate, of the Board of Directors of SENASA may not be General Director or Deputy General Director of SENASA. CHAPTER VII

OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE GENERAL DIRECTOR. The functions of the General Director are:

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  To prepare the projects of strategic plan, budget, annual reports, annual operational plan and financial statements of SENASA to be presented to the Board of Directors for approval;

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  To promote internal and external trade of agricultural and food inputs and products while at the same time protecting plant health, animal health and food safety;

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  To ensure the application of Phytozoosanitary and Food Safety Legislation, its derived regulations and applicable regulations of international reference bodies and relevant International Treaties and Conventions;

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  To guarantee that SENASA personnel have the necessary capacity and suitability to perform their activities appropriately from the moment of their recruitment and ensure performance improvement through periodic evaluations that are established;

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  To supervise with the frequency that it deems appropriate, the activities of natural and legal persons to whom the provision of SENASA services has been delegated;

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  To manage efficiently and effectively the corresponding financial resources, as well as movable and immovable assets assigned to SENASA;

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  To supervise the work of Technical Directorates, Administrative Directorates and Support Offices of SENASA in the performance of activities that correspond to them;

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  To request when appropriate from the President of the Republic, the Declaration of Health and/or Phytozoosanitary Emergency;

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  To appoint Technical Directors, Administrative Directors, Heads of Support Offices;

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  To maintain permanent interaction with service users through the most expeditious mechanisms including consultations for the treatment of priority matters;

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  To ensure constant updating of SENASA personnel and users on regulations that arise at national and international level in its field of competence;

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  To appoint, hire, promote, transfer and terminate SENASA personnel, in accordance with the institution's internal personnel regulations, selecting suitable personnel in accordance with the capacities, experience and competencies established in the Manual of Positions and Functions;

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  To appoint the Internal Auditor of SENASA in accordance with the rules of the National Office for Comprehensive Internal Control Development (ONADICI);

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  To issue Agreements and general or particular Resolutions that are necessary for the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this Decree and the fulfillment of the Service's objectives;

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  To present the annual report on the Health and Phytosanitary situation of the country; and,

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  The other functions that are established in the respective Regulation.

OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SUBGENERAL DIRECTOR. The following are functions of the Subgeneral Director of SENASA:

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  To ensure compliance with the strategic technical challenges of the Institution safeguarding compliance with the General Director's guidelines and coordinating that institutional processes contribute to the fulfillment of strategic objectives and the achievement of institutional goals;

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  To direct and coordinate operationally and strategically the actions and initiatives of the Regional Offices of SENASA;

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  To strengthen the articulation between the central level and the regional offices with the objective of ensuring compliance with strategic priorities in regions and timely response to regional requirements;

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  To direct the coordination committees associated with institutional management;

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  To support the General Director in his relations with trade associations;

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  To substitute for the General Director and assume the powers and functions that he delegates to him; and, 7. To review and propose the procedures and instructions within the scope of action of SENASA that result in better management support to the General Directorate.

OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SENASA. The Board of Directors of SENASA is created as the Superior Management Body. It is composed of seven (7) members, four (4) from the Public Sector and three (3) from the Private Sector. Representatives of the Public Sector are:

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  The Secretary of State in the Office of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG); who will preside over the Board and will have a casting vote;

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  The Secretary of State in the Office of Economic Development (SDE);

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  The President Commissioner of the Health Regulatory Agency (ARSA); and, 4. The head of the Customs Authority. The Public Sector Representatives must be the Heads of the Entities aforementioned and may only delegate their representation to the immediate hierarchical subordinate. The Titular and Alternate Representatives of the Private Sector shall be appointed by the Assemblies of the following organizations: One (1) by the National Federation of Farmers and Ranchers of Honduras (FENAGH), one (1) by the Federation of Exporters (FPX) and one (1) by the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (COHEP), representing the Agrifood Sector. The members of the Private Sector of SENASA's Board of Directors must serve in their positions for up to two (2) years, and may be reelected. To establish the organization and functioning of the Board of Directors, a Regulation must be issued that will cover other aspects related to vacancies, the requirements of its members, sessions and other aspects of its organization and functioning. The General Director of SENASA shall act as Executive Secretary of the Board of Directors, with voice but without vote.

FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SENASA. The Board of Directors of SENASA shall have the following functions:

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  To approve, at the proposal of the General Director, the strategic plan, the budget project, the annual reports, the annual operational plan and the financial statements of SENASA;

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  To create or modify, at the prior request of the General Director, the dependencies that it deems essential, in accordance with the Law and determine their functions and powers, proposing, for that purpose, to suppress, merge or change the denominations of the same, for the fulfillment of its objectives;

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  To discuss and approve the regulations and manuals submitted for consideration by the General Director;

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  To approve the Service Fee Regulation, as well as its reforms or modifications, in accordance with the economic study presented by the General Director of SENASA;

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  To carry out the public competition for the selection of candidates for General Director and Subgeneral Director to be presented to the President of the Republic, in accordance with the Manual previously approved;

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  To know and resolve complaints and reports against the General Director, Subgeneral Director and Technical Directorates;

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  To require the General Director to submit periodic reports on his management; and, 8. The others that correspond to it in accordance with the laws and regulations.

OF THE ASSETS OF SENASA. The assets of the National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASA) are constituted by:

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  One hundred percent (100%) of the income generated by services inherent to SENASA from the provision of services of any kind;

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  The annual financial resources that the State allocates through the General Budget of Income and Expenses of the Republic; complying with the Fiscal Rules established in Legislative Decree No. 25-2016 containing the Fiscal Responsibility Law;

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  The assets, rights and obligations that are under the administration of the Secretary of State in the Office of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG), allocated to the National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASA);

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  The goods and resources resulting from the subscription of National and International Conventions and the execution of projects;

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  Inheritances, bequests and donations from other public or private, national or foreign sources; and, 6. The other goods and resources that it acquires by any title. The National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASA) is authorized to subscribe with a Bank of the National Financial System a Trust Contract for Institutional Strengthening, which aims to modernize and readjust the organizational structure of SENASA, as well as achieve greater efficiency in the provision of services in response to changes occurring in international and regional trade caused by modifications in regulations arising from International Reference Bodies in Agricultural Health, other regional bodies and those resulting from Free Trade Treaties, and a Risk Trust Contract to address those situations in which there is official confirmation of the presence of explosive outbreaks of endemic pests and diseases, or exotic pests and diseases, that require emergency actions. The assets of the Institutional Strengthening Trust Fund, which will have a term of two (2) years and will be financed by income collected from service fee rates; therefore, in accordance with the Budget approved by SENASA for the institutional strengthening project, the Secretary of State in the Office of Finance is instructed to make monthly transfers of resource allocations from financing source 12 (Own Funds) of the General Budget to the accounts designated in this trust fund. The assets of the Risk Trust Fund shall be composed of direct contributions from SENASA equivalent to six percent (6%) of its annual budget and other monetary resources resulting from the subscription of National and International Conventions, International Treaties, donations and the execution of projects. In fiscal periods in which surpluses occur, the Technical Administration Committee (CTA), composed of SENASA which presides over it, SEFIN, the Secretary of Economic Development and the Trustee, who will serve as Secretary with voice but without vote, shall determine the destination of the same, and shall prioritize the financing of activities developed by SENASA.

DESTINATION OF SENASA RESOURCES. The National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASA) must have and allocate its assets and resources exclusively and solely to the fulfillment of its objectives in accordance with what is established in the Phytozoosanitary Law and its reforms, as well as what is established in this Law and its respective Regulations. CHAPTER X GENERAL AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS

REGARDING THE RELATIONSHIP OF EMPLOYMENT AND PUBLIC FUNCTION. The relationships between the National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASA) and its respective personnel are governed by the provisions of the Labor Code. The Board of Directors of SENASA, at the proposal of the General Director, shall approve the corresponding Work Regulation, which must be submitted to the approval of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. Said regulation must meet the minimum standards contained in international treaties and current national law.

REGARDING PERSONNEL EVALUATION. Personnel who provide their services to the National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety must undergo a performance evaluation process that includes the conduct of trust evaluation tests, the foregoing for the purpose of guaranteeing the full application of the principles of merit and professional fitness to aspire to any of the positions of the National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety. The positions of General Director and Deputy General Director are excepted from this provision. Likewise, the adjustment and reorganization of personnel that is deemed necessary must be carried out to achieve the efficiency of the National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety, basing it on the principles of merit, capacity, and professional fitness. The Ministry of State in charge of Finance is instructed to, in accordance with the requirements made by the National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety, allocate budgetary funds for the payment of labor liabilities to personnel who are to be dismissed.

REGARDING THE VALIDITY OF EXISTING AGREEMENTS. The existing agreements related to SENASA that have been signed by the Ministry of State in charge of Agriculture and Livestock and/or the National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety shall be absorbed by the latter, and the same shall remain in force and subject to the rights and obligations assumed by the parties. Likewise, all accounts that have been administered, whatever their denomination, shall be administered by the National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety upon the entry into force of this Decree; and must inform within thirty (30) days following the signatory parties thereof, as well as the change regarding the creation of the National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASA).

REGARDING ITS REGULATIONS. The National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASA) must issue the necessary regulations, as well as review and reform existing ones, for the execution of this Decree within a period of thirty (30) business days counted from its entry into force. ARTICLE 21. REPEALS. Executive Decree Number PCM-038-2016 dated July 3, 2016, published in the Official Gazette "La Gaceta" dated July 25, 2016, is hereby repealed.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This Decree shall enter into force as of the date of its publication in the Official Gazette "La Gaceta". Given at the Presidential House, Tegucigalpa, municipality of the Central District, on the twenty-fourth (24) day of the month of February of two thousand twenty (2020). BE IT COMMUNICATED AND PUBLISHED. JUAN ORLANDO HERNÁNDEZ ALVARADO CONSTITUTIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC

MARTHA VICENTA DOBLADO ANDARA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COORDINATION OF GOVERNMENT, BY LAW. EBAL JAIR DÍAZ LUPIAN STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY. HECTOR LEONEL AYALA ALVARENGA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF GOVERNANCE, JUSTICE AND DECENTRALIZATION. LISANDRO ROSALES BANEGAS STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. REINALDO ANTONIO SÁNCHEZ RIVERA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL INCLUSION. MARÍA ANTONIA RIVERA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ROBERTO ANTONIO PINEDA RODRÍGUEZ STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SERVICES. JULIAN PACHECO TINOCO STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL SECURITY. FREDY SANTIAGO DIAZ ZELAYA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DEFENSE. ALBA CONSUELO FLORES STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF HEALTH

ARNALDO BUESO HERNÁNDEZ STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION. CARLOS ALBERTO MADERO ERAZO STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY. MAURICIO GUEVARA PINTO STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK JOSÉ ANTONIO GALDAMEZ FUENTES STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT ROCIO IZABEL TABORA MORALES STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF FINANCE KARLA EUGENIA CUEVA AGUILAR STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS. ROBERTO ANTONIO ORDOÑEZ WOLFOVICH STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF ENERGY. NICOLE MARRDER AGUILAR STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF TOURISM. NELSÓN JAVIER MARQUEZ EUCEDA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WATER AND SANITATION (SEDECOAS) GABRIEL ALFREDO RUBÍ PAREDES STATE SECRETARIAT IN THE OFFICES OF RISK MANAGEMENT AND NATIONAL CONTINGENCIES