. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/5 
1 April 2004 
 
 (04-1473) 
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:   COSTA RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:    
Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade (MEIC) 
Technical Regulation Body 
Tel.: (506) 297-1439 and 235-2700, ext. 265 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, E-mail and Web site 
addresses , if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
TBT Enquiry Point 
Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade (MEIC) P.O. Box 10216-1000 
Tel.: (506) 297-1439 
Fax: (506) 297-1439 E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr Web site: www.meic.go.cr
 
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):   HS tariff item 
No. 0704.90.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Costa Rican 
Technical Regulation RTCR___:2003, Fresh Ca bbage for Consumption  (11 pages, in 
Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   This technical regulation defines the quality, safety, packaging 
and labelling requirements for fresh domestic  and imported cabbage of the varieties 
(cultivars) of Brassica oleracea var. capitata  for consumption in Costa Rica.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Protection of human health and safety and of animal and plant life and health. G/TBT/N/CRI/5 
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8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 Bolaños A., Segura L., Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), Vegetable 
Programme, Regional Office for Greece, " Aspectos Técnicos sobre Cuarentena y Cinco 
Cultivos Agrícolas de Costa Rica" (Technical aspects of quarantine and five agricultural 
crops in Costa Rica), San José, Costa Rica, 1991; 
 Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) and the National Production Council 
(CNP),  " Guía No. 7 para el Manejo del Repollo  (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) a 
Comercializar en el CENADA" (Manual No. 7 on the handling of cabbage ( Brassica 
oleracea var. capitata ) for marketing in the National Food Supply and Distribution Centre , 
CENADA), Directorate of Phytosanitary Protection Services, Agricultural Inputs 
Department, Agricultural Quality Control Depa rtment, Post-Harvest Section, San José, 
Costa Rica;  Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade (MEIC), Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) and the National Production Council (CNP), " Estudio de caracterización 
en campo ", 2003;   
 Programa Integral de Mercadeo Agropecu ario, PIMA, (Comprehensive Agricultural 
Marketing Programme), " Comercialización Hortifrutícola en CENADA " (Fruit and 
vegetable marketing in the CENADA), 2001;  " Tropical Products Transport Handbook ", United States Department of Agriculture 
(USDA), Office of Transportation, Agricultu ral Handbook No. 668, McGregor, B.M., 1989; 
Executive Decree No. 24907-MEIC NCR 230:1995, " Productos Hortícolas Frescos. 
Muestreo " (Fresh horticultural products. Sampling) , published in the Official Journal, La 
Gaceta , No. 25 of 5 February 1996;  
 Executive Decree No. 26012-MEIC RTCR 100:1997, " Etiquetado de los Alimentos 
Preenvasados " (Labelling of pre-packaged foods), published in La Gaceta No. 91 of 
14 May 1997 and the revised version thereof; 
 Executive Decree No. 22268-MEIC NCR 148:1993, " Metrología de Contenido 
Neto de Preempacados " (Metrology: Net contents of pre-packaged goods), published in La 
Gaceta  No. 132 of 13 July 1993;   
 Geovanny Carmona Villalobos, Na tional Production Council (CNP), " Rol de la 
Temperatura en el Almacenamiento de Productos Frescos " (The role of temperature in the 
storage of fresh products), December 2001.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal, La 
Gaceta   
 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as of the date of notification. 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses,  if available, of the other body:   
Centro de Información de Obst áculos Técnicos al Comercio 
Ministerio de Economía Industria y Comercio - MEIC  Apartado Postal 10216-1000 Tel.: (506) 297-1439 
Fax: (506) 297-1439  
E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr  Web site: www.meic.go.cr