WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CRI/136 
17 December 2012 
 (12-6847) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   COSTA RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio  
(Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade) 
Dirección de Mejora Regulatoria y Reglamentación Técnica  
(Regulatory Improvement and Technical Regulation Directorate) 
Tel.: (+506) 2291-2115, Ext. 206, or (+506) 2291-2007 
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, e-mail and website 
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 
Apartado Postal 10216-1000, San José Tel.:  (+506) 2291-2115, Ext. 206 Fax:  (+506) 2291-2007 E-mail:  crotc@meic.go.cr  
Website: http://www.reglatec.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):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 83.160.01 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCR 425:2008, 
Reglamento Técnico para Llantas Neumáticas  (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) 
No. 425:2008 on pneumatic tyres) (16 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation lays down the technical and 
labelling requirements to be me t by pneumatic tyres for vehicles, with a view to preventing 
or minimizing risks to human life and safety as well as preventing practices likely to 
mislead or deceive consumers. 
The Technical Regulation applies to new pneum atic tyres for passenger vehicles (Type II), 
light-duty trucks (Type III) and buses and heavy goods lorries (Type IV), which are manufactured in Costa Rica or imported for marketing in national territory. G/TBT/N/CRI/136 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health. 
8. Relevant documents:  
- Costa Rica:  Manual de Procedimientos para la revisión técnica de vehículos 
automotores en las estaciones de Revi sión Técnica Vehicular.  Regulación 
número 48-2002  (Regulation No. 48-2002:  Procedural manual for motor vehicle 
roadworthiness tests in accredited testing stations); 
- Peru:  Decreto Supremo 16-2005, Reglamento para Neumáticos de Automóviles, 
Camión Ligero, Buses y Camiones  (Supreme Decree No. 16-2005:  Regulation on 
pneumatic tyres for automobiles, light-duty trucks, buses and lorries); 
- Mexico:  Mexican Official Standard NOM-121-SCFI-2004, Industria Hulera - 
Cámaras para Llantas Neumáticas de Vehículos Automotores y Bicicletas - 
Especificaciones de Segur idad y Métodos de Prueba  (Rubber industry - Inner tubes 
for pneumatic tyres for motor vehicles and bicycles - Safety specifications and test methods); 
- Ecuador:  Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Industrialización, Pesca y 
Competitividad, Reglamento Técn ico Ecuatoriano para Neumáticos  (Ministry of 
Foreign Trade, Industrialization, Fisheries and Competitiveness, Ecuadorian Technical Regulation on pneumatic tyres); 
- Colombia:  Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo, Reglamento Técnico 
para Llantas  (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Technical Regulation 
on pneumatic tyres); 
- Tire and Rim Association Inc. Year Book (TRA); - European Tyre and Rim Technical Or ganisation (ETRTO), Standards Manual; 
- UN Regulations E/ECE/234 #30, E/ECE/324 #54 and E/ECE/324 #75; - US Standards (Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards) FMVSS-109, FMSS-119 
and FMSS-139; 
- Costa Rican Standards (INTE-ISO):  INTE ISO 4000-1 and INTE ISO 4209; - Japanese Industrial Standard JIS D4 230; - Mexican Official Standards NOM-086/1-SCF1 and NOM-106-SCF1; - Argentine Standards Institute (IR AM) Standards Nos. 113320 and 3321; 
- Brazilian Standard NIE-DQUAL-044 and Regulation N.5; 
- Manual de Normas Técnicas, Neumáticos , Aros y Válvulas, Associação Latino 
Americana de Pneus e Aros, ALAPA  (Technical Standards Manual - Tyres, rims 
and valves, Latin American Tyre and Rim Association); 
- Japan Automobile Tyre Manufactur ers Association, Inc. (JATMA). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon publication in the Official Journal La Gaceta . 
Twelve months after publication in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the date of notification.   G/TBT/N/CRI/136 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses, if available, of the other body: 
TBT Enquiry Point 
San José, Costa Rica Tel.: (+506) 2291-2115, Ext. 206 Fax: (+506) 2291-2007 E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr  
Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr  
The full text of the document is available at: 
http://www.meic.go.cr/reglatec/consulta/llantasOMC.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachme nts/2012/tbt/CRI/12_4729_00_s.pdf