G/SPS/N/CRI/189  
7 July 2017 
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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 Phytosanitary 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 applicabl e): HS code 0808.10 - Fresh apples  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Poland  
5. Title of the notified document : Resolución N° 001-2017-NR-SFE (Resolution No. 001-
2017-NR-SFE) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 3 
Text available at:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/CRI/17_3098_00_s.pdf  
 
6. Description of content : The notified text establishes the following mandatory 
phytosanitary requirements:  
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: Hoplocampa testudinea, Aculus schlechtendali, Monilinia laxa, Cydia 
pomonella,  and Adoxophyes orana . Shipments must contain ripe apples free from 
symptoms of Erwinia amylovora ; 
General requirements for fresh products for consumption : Products must be 
properly packaged and labelled, and be free from plant residues, soil, snails and 
slugs;  
Upon arrival in the country, shipments will be subject to phytosanitary control by 
State Phytosanitary Service officials at the point of entry in order to verify 
compliance with the phytosanitary requirements.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage fr om pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] 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) : 
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  [X] International Plant Protection Convention  (e.g. I SPM No. ) International 
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 11: Pest Risk Analysis for 
Quarantine Pests  
[ ] 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 : 
Phytosanitary Protection Law No. 7664, articles 2, 5 and 44 (available in Spanish)  
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 force : [ ] 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/o r (dd/mm/yy) : 5 September 2 017 
Agency or authority 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 Enquiry 
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