G/TBT/N/CRI/176  
26 March  2018 
(18-1839) 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 Salud  (Ministry of Health)  
Dirección de Regulación de Productos de Interés Sanitario  (Directorate for Regulation of 
Products of Sanitary Interest)  
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 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 67.040  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : RTCR 492:2017 
Suplementos a la Dieta . Requisitos y Procedimientos para el Reconocimiento del Registro 
Sanitario de otros países  (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 492:2017 Dietary 
supplements . Requirements and procedures for the recognition of the sanitary registration 
of other countries) (9 page s, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation seeks to establish the 
procedure to be applied by the Costa Rican Ministry of Health to determine which countries 
may receive recognition for the registration or notification of dietary supplements . It also 
establishes the requirements to be met by natural or legal persons in order to benefit from 
this recognition, as it is not granted automatically . Recognition is unilateral and applies, at 
the discretion of Costa Rica, to dietar y supplements registered in countries of which the 
registration or notification procedures are recognized by Costa Rica.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human life and health.  G/TBT/N/CRI/176  
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  8. Relevan t documents:  
1. Decreto Ejecutivo No. 36134 -S del 10 de mayo del 2010 "Reglamento RTCR 436:2009 
Suplementos a la Dieta Requisitos de Registro Sanitario, Importación, Desalmacenaje, 
Etiquetado y Verificación"  (Executive Decree No. 36134 -S of 1 0 May 2 010 "Costa Rican 
Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 436:2009 Dietary supplements . Sanitary registration 
requirements, importation, customs clearance, labelling and verification ")  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Upon publication in Official Journal La Gaceta.  
Proposed date of entry into force : Upon 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_1667_00_s.pdf