G/TBT/N/CRI/178  
24 July 2018 
(18-4678) 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 Agricultura y Ganadería  (Ministry of Agriculture and 
Livestock) , Tel.: (+506) 2549 -1479 
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, I ndustry 
and Trade)  
Apartado Postal 10216 -1000 
Tel.: (+506) 2549 -1479 
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) : 
International Classification for St andards (ICS) code 65.020.20  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : RTCR 493:2017 
Reglamento para la Importación, Exportación y Comercio de Semillas . Requisitos y 
Trámites  (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 493:2017,  Regulations for the 
importation and exportation of, and trade in seeds . Requirements and procedures) 
(16 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Regulation establishes the requirements and 
procedures for the importation, exportation and/or marketing of seeds, in order to promote 
the marketing and use of good quality seeds, and to prevent misleading practices, 
by means of a conformity assessment . It also applies to seeds of species used in 
agricultural, livestock -rearing and forestry a ctivities by importers, exporters and marketers 
of seeds.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Plant protection and prevention of practices likely to mislead consumers.  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Decreto  Nº 36844 -MAG-MEIC-COMEX, pone en vigencia Resolución Nº 265 -
2011(COMIECO -LX), RTCA 65.05.34:06 Registro de Variedades Comerciales . 
Requisitos de inscripción , published in Official Journal La Gaceta  No. 228 of Monday 
28 November 2 011; G/TBT/N/CRI/178  
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  • Decreto Nº 36588 -COME X-MEIC-MAG, pone en vigencia Resolución Nº 259 -2010 
(COMIECO -LIX), RTCA 65.05.53:10 Requisitos para la producción y 
comercialización de semilla certificada de granos básicos y soya , published in 
Official Journal La Gaceta No. 117 of Friday 1 7 June 2 011.  
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  
 
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