The National Congress approved a loan with the CABEI to finance the purchase of technological infrastructure for the survey of facial and fingerprints of citizens.
The loan contract between the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) and the Government of Honduras will partially finance the Project to Modernize the Identification Document carried out by the National Registry of Persons (RNP), informed the National Congress.
A legal reform approved by Congress obliges telephone operators to register the IMEI code of cell phones, with the aim of minimizing smuggling and cloning of devices.
The amendment to Legislative Decree 19-2014 establishes that operators must register the IMEI code in a database that will be managed by the National Telecommunications Commission.
On August 15 pre-qualification documents will be received in Honduras for the project involving property registration, vehicle inspections, supply of number plates, driving licenses, traffic violations and fine collections.
From a statement issued by the Commission for the Promotion of Public Private Partnership (COALIANZA):
On August 15, the Commission for the Promotion of Public Private Partnerships (COALIANZA) will be receiving pre-qualification documents for the Project on Operations, Finance and Administration of the Registry for Vehicular Property, at the national level, and Implementation of Vehicle Inspection Centers, Supply of Number Plates, Driving Licenses, Modernization of the Penalties System for Traffic Violations and Modernization of Fine Collection.
A proposal has been made for the region to standardize the criteria for patenting so that it has the same validity and is treated in the same way in each of the Central American countries.
Meeting in Panama, patent experts and government representatives reviewed the Manual for Processing Patent Applications, with the aim of unifying the various laws on registrations in order to facilitate the work of companies that have to deal with different rules, times and procedures to register their patents in countries in Central America.
Approval has been given to the creation of a global system of digital certification to control pests and plant diseases which can spread during international trade.
From a statement issued by the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office (Procomer):
The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM), the governing body of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), consisting of 181 countries, has approved the creation of a new global electronic certification system called E-Phyto, which will help stop the spread of pests and diseases via agricultural products transported in international trade, in a way that is safer and cheaper.
Trucking companies must provide personal data on their drivers in order to register on the national database of the General Department of Revenue.
From a statement issued by the Executive Revenue Department in Honduras:
The Executive Department of Revenue Honduras in compliance with the International Terrestrial Customs Transit Regime 65-2001 established by resolution of the Council of Ministers Responsible for Economic Integration and Regional Development COMRIEDRE article 37 paragraph e.
Regulations on the Act Strengthening Shrimp Farming provides for the issuance of a certificate of registration for those engaged in the distribution and marketing of shrimp.
The Executive Directorate of Revenue (DEI) will oversee shrimp transport units and establishments that sell them in order to achieve better taxcontrol of this economic activity, which represents one of the largest in the southern region.
Documents are being prepared for the tender in February of the design and implementation of a Vehicle Registry system, which will be migrated from the Executive Revenue Department to the Property Institute.
It is expected that late January will see the publication of the terms of reference and the specifications for tender for development of a system and support of the technology platform, which must be made within a period of six months.
The deadline for food exporters to update their details with the Food and Drug Administration of USA is December 31, 2014.
From a statement issued by the Foreign Trade Promotion Office of Costa Rica (PROCOMER):
Every company which manufactures, processes, packs or holds food for human or animal consumption and export to the United States must renew its registration with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as part of the measures included in the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The deadline for this adjustment will be from 1 October to 31 December.
The mandatory stop at reception is being eliminated in favor of computerized registration and welcome processes.
This is what happens for example in small boutique hotels in Amsterdam, London and Glasgow, Scotland, where guests check in at a kiosk and go directly to their rooms, only stopping to talk to a hotel clerk if they have any questions. In other cases, guests make reservations online, by e-mail in order to get their room allocation and the key code.
The Commission for the Promotion of Public-Private Partnership intends to privatize the registration of more than 750,000 vehicles through a trust in a private bank.
"This was established by representatives of the Commission for the Promotion of Public-Private Partnerships (COALIANZA) after seeing the content of a draft decree aimed at removing the responsibility of vehicle registration from the Revenue Office (DEI)," noted an article in Elheraldo.hn.
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