G/SPS/N/CRI/179  
30 September  2016 
(16-5220) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : COSTA RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, Servicio Fitosanitario del 
Estado , SFE (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, State Phytosanitar y Service)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : HS code 0804 : Avocados  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners, or  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Dominican Republic  
5. Title of the notified document : Resolución N° 086 -2016-ARP-SFE bis. (Resolution No. 
086-2016-ARP-SFE bis.) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 3 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/CRI/16_4087_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  
1. The notified Resolution establishes the mandatory phytosa nitary requirements 
governing the importation into Costa Rica of fresh avocados from the Dominican Republic:  
a. Shipments require an official phytosanitary certificate issued by the country of 
origin, which indicates, in the section for additional declarat ions, that they are free 
from Ceroplastes rusci, Aonidiella orientalis, Aulacaspis tubercularis  and 
Maconelicoccus hirsutus . 
b. General requirements for products to be consumed fresh : Products must be 
properly packaged and labelled, and be free from plant residues, soil, snails and 
slugs. They will be subject to phytosanitary control at the point of entry.  
2. Shipments will be inspected upon arrival in the country by officials from the State 
Phytosanitary Service at the point of entry . Compliance with the p hytosanitary 
requirements will be verified.  
3. Failure to comply with the phytosanitary requirements established in this Resolution will 
be punishable in accordance with Law No. 7664, the Plant Protection Law and its 
implementing Regulations.  
7. Objective  and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/CRI/179  
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standar d: 
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)  
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[X] International Plant Protection Conventi on (e.g. I SPM No. ) Article VI of the 
International Plant Protection Convention . ISPM No. 20: Guidelines for a 
Phytosanitary Import Regulatory System ; ISPM No. 2: Guidelines for Pest Risk 
Analysis (1995) ; and ISPM No. 11: Pest Risk Analysis for Quarantine P ests 
Including Analysis of Environmental Risks and Living Modified Organisms (2004).  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into fo rce: [ ] 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) : 29 November 2 016 
Agency or a uthority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enq uiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería  
Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado (SFE)  
Centro de Información y Notificación MSF  
Apartado Postal 1521 - 1200 
San José, Costa Rica  
Tel.: +(506) 2549 3454  
Fax: +(506) 2549 3598  
Email : puntocontactoMSF@sfe.go.cr