G/TBT/N/CRI/174  
2 March  2018 
(18-1347) Page: 1/2 
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 Economía, Industria y Comercio - MEIC (Ministry of the Economy, Industry 
and Trade)  
Dirección de Calidad  (Quality Directorate)  
Departamento de Reglamentación Técnica  (Technical Regulation Department)  
Tel.: +(506) 25491279  
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 above:  
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 : 91.100.40  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : RTCR 491 : 2017 
Materiales de Construcción . Láminas de Fibrocemento . Especificaciones  (Costa Rican 
Technical Regulation (RTCR) No 491:2017 : Building Materials . Fiber-cement sheets . 
Specifications) (19 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the speci fications to 
be met by fibre -cement flat sheets and all sheets having the compositional characteristics 
defined in paragraph 3.10 (regardless of their trade description) intended for use in the 
country.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human life and health.  G/TBT/N/CRI/174  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
1. Decreto Ejecutivo N° 36463 -MEIC, RTCR 443:2010 Metrología . Unidades de Medida 
Sistema Internacional (SI)  (Executive Decree No. 36463 -MEIC, Costa Rican 
Technical Regulation No.443:2010 : Metrology . Measurement units . International 
system (SI)), published in Official Journal La Gaceta  No. 56 of 2 1 March 2 011. 
2. Demostración de la Evaluación de la Conformidad de los Reglamentos Técnicos 
(Demonstration of conformity asse ssment of technical regulations), published in 
Supplement No.77 of the Official Journal La Gaceta  No. 80 of 2 6 April 2 013. 
Decreto Ejecutivo N° 37070 -MIVAH -MICIT -MOPT, Código Sísmico de 
Costa  Rica 2010 (Executive Decree No. 37070 -MIVAH -MICIT -MOPT, Seismic Code 
of Costa Rica), published in Supplement No. 94 to Official Journal (La Gaceta) 
No. 136 of 1 3 July 2 012. 
3. Decreto Ejecutivo N° 37899 -MEIC Reglamento a la Ley de Promoción de la 
Competencia y Defensa Efectiva del Consumidor  (Executive Decree No. 37899 -
MEIC, Regulations to the Law on the Promotion of Competition and Effective 
Protection of the Consumer), published in Official Journal La Gaceta  No. 182 of 
23 September 2 013. 
4. Decreto Ejecutivo N° 38849 -MEIC, Procedimiento para Demostrar la Equivalencia 
con un  Reglamento Técnico de Costa Rica (RTCR)  (Executive Decree No. 38849 -
MEIC, Procedure for the demonstration of equivalence with a Costa Rican Technical 
Regulation (RTCR)), published in the Official Journal La Gaceta  No. 43 of 
3 March  2015. 
5. ISO/IEC 17025 : General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories.  
6. ISO/IEC 17065 : Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and 
services.  
7. INTE/ISO 8336:Fibre -cement flat sheets - Product specification and test methods.  
8. Verificatio n/approval of compliance statements . ECA-MC-MA-P06, published in the 
Official Journal La Gaceta  No.10 of 1 5 January 2 016. 
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  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/CRI/18_1124_00_s.pdf