G/TBT/N/CRI/175  
2 March  2018 
(18-1348) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated 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 Ambiente y Energía  (Ministry of the Environment and Energy)  
Dirección General de Transporte y Comercialización de Combustibles  (Directorate -General 
for the Transportation and Marketing of Fuel)  
Tel.: (+506) 2549 -1479 
Fax: (+506) 2291 -2015 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from abo ve: 
Información de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio  (TBT Enquiry Point)  
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio , MEIC (Ministry of the Economy, Industry 
and Trade)  
Apartado Postal 10216 -1000 
Tel.: (+506) 2549 -1479 
Fax: (+506) 2291 -2015 
Email: 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) : 
ICS number : 23.020.30  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : RTCR 490 : 2017. 
Equipos para la industria del petróleo . Cilindros portátiles, tanques estacionarios, equipos y 
artefactos para suministro y uso del gas licuado de petróleo (GLP).  (Equipment for the oil 
industry . Portable cylinders, stationary tanks, equipment and appliances for the supply and 
use of l iquefied petroleum gas (LPG) . Safety Requirements). 27 pages, in Spanish.  
6. Description of content : The notified document establishes specifications governing the 
manufacture, import, use and maintenance of portable cylinders, stationary tanks, and 
equipment and appliances for the supply and use of LPG in the country, to ensure that 
they operate in conditions that guarantee environmental protection and human safety . It 
applies to portable cylinders, stationary tanks, equipment and appliances that are 
manufactured, imported, used, installed or circulated in the country, and to their 
maintenance.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human life and quality  G/TBT/N/CRI/175  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
1. Executive Decree No. 38849 -MEIC, Procedure for the demonstration of equivalence 
with a Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR).  
2. Executive Decree 33428, Resolution 169 -2006(COMIECO -XLIX) approveing Central 
American Technical Regulations : Petroleum products . Regular petrol, pressure 
vessels . Portable LPG cylinders, and portable cylinders for Liquefied Petroleum Gas.  
3. Executive Decree 34123, Resolution No.199 -2007(COMIECO -XLIV) amending 
Resolution No. 169-2006 Central American Technical Regulations : Petroleum 
products . Regular petrol, pressure vessels . Portable LPG cylinders, and portable 
cylinders.  
4. Executive Decree No. 37662 approving the demonstration procedure relating to the 
conformity assessment of technical regulations.  
5. Executive Decree 32921 -COMEX -MINAE -MEIC, RTCA 23.01.27:05, Pressure 
vessels . Portable cylinders for LPG . Threaded (POL -type) connection valves . 
Specifications.  
6. Executive Decree 32921 -COMEX -MINAE -MEIC RTCA 23.01.29:05, Pressure vessels . 
Portable LPG cylinders . Manufacturing specifications.  
7. Executive Decree 32921 -COMEX -MINAE -MEIC, RTCA 75.01.21:05, Petroleum 
products . Liquefied Petroleum Gases : Commercial propane, commercial butane and 
mixtures thereof . Specifications.  
8. INTE/ISO 10286:2015 Gas cylinders.  Terminology. (Standards for which there was 
a change in nomenclature by the Costa Rican Technical Standards Institute 
(INTECO), but whose name and content remain the same . It can be clearly seen 
that the name of the standard remains unchanged).  
9. INTE Standard 137 -1 Liquefied Petroleum Gas . Part 1: Terminology and definitions 
for LPG. (Standards for which there was a change in nomenclature by the Costa 
Rican Technical Standards Institute (INTECO), but whose name and content 
remain the same . It can be clearly seen that the name of the standard remai ns 
unchanged).  
10. INTE Standard 137 -2 Liquefied Petroleum Gas . Part 3: General requirements for 
LPG. (Standards for which there was a change in nomenclature by the Costa Rican 
Technical Standards Institute (INTECO), but whose name and content remain the 
same . It can be clearly seen that the name of the standard remains unchanged).  
11. INTE Standard 131 Gas cylinders . Refillable LPG cylinders - Requalification 
(Standards for which there was a change in nomenclature by the Costa Rican 
Technical Standards Institute ( INTECO), but whose name and content remain the 
same . It can be clearly seen that the name of the standard remains unchanged).  
12. INTE Standard 132 Refillable LPG cylinders . Low-pressure regulators for household 
use. Part 1 A . Threaded connection . Requirements. (Standards for which there was 
a change in nomenclature by the Costa Rican Technical Standards Institute 
(INTECO), but whose name and content remain the same . It can be clearly seen 
that the name of the standard remains unchanged).  
13. INTE Standa rd 134 Refillable LPG cylinders . Low-pressure regulators for household 
use. Part 2. Inspection. (Standards for which there was a change in nomenclature 
by the Costa Rican Technical Standards Institute (INTECO), but whose name and 
content remain the same . It can be clearly seen that the name of the standard 
remains unchanged).  
14. INTE Standard 135 Refillable LPG cylinders . Low-pressure regulators for household 
use. Part 3. Test methods. (Standards for which there was a change in 
nomenclature by the Costa Rican Technical Standards Institute (INTECO), but 
whose name and content remain the same . It can be clearly seen that the name of 
the standard remains unchanged).  
15. INTE Standard 136 -4 Refillable LPG cylinders . Low-pressure regulators for G/TBT/N/CRI/175  
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  household use . Part 4. Marking. (Standards for which there was a change in 
nomenclature by the Costa Rican Technical Standards Institute (INTECO), but 
whose name and content remain the same . It can be clearly seen that the name of 
the standard remains unchanged).  
16. INTE Standard 137 -3 Liquefied Petroleum Gas . Part 4: Equipment and appliances 
for LPG. (Standards for which there was a change in nomenclature by the Costa 
Rican Technical Standards Institute (INTECO), but whose name and content 
remain the same . It can be clearly seen that  the name of the standard remains 
unchanged).  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Upon publication in Official Journal La Gaceta.  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months after publication in Official Journal La 
Gaceta.  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification.  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Centro de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio  (TBT Centre)  
Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr/  
Email: crotc@meic.go.cr  
San José, Costa Rica  
Apartado Postal 10216 -1000 
Tel.: (+506) 2549 -1479 
Fax: (+506) 2291 -2015 
Full text available  online at:  
http://www.reglatec.go.cr/reglatec/principal.jsp  
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