G/TBT/N/CRI/155  
 
9 February 2016  
(16-0859)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio , MEIC (Ministry of the Economy, Industry and 
Trade) 
Departamento de Reglamentación Técnica  (Technical Regulation Department) 
Tel.: (+506) 2549-1479 
Fax: (+506) 2291-2015 
Name and address (including telephon e 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:   
TBT Enquiry Point  
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio , MEIC (Ministry of the Economy, Industry and 
Trade) 
Apartado Postal 10216-1000 
San José, Costa Rica 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):  
International Classification fo r Standards (ICS) code 83.080 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  RTCR 480:2015. 
Envases plásticos. Envases de tereftalato de polietileno reciclado (Rpet) grado alimentario destinados a entrar en contacto con alimentos. Especificaciones  (Costa Rican Technical 
Regulation (RTCR) No. 480:2015: Plastic pack aging. Food-grade recycled polyethylene 
terephthalate (rPET) packaging intended to come  into contact with food. Specifications) (13 
pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:  The notified Technical Regulation establishes the manufacturing 
requirements for packaging and precursor products made of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET), including when mixed with  virgin polyethylene terephthalate (PET), 
that are intended to come into contact with food. The purpose of these requirements is to 
ensure the safety of packaged foods. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human life G/TBT/N/CRI/155 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  The notified Technical Regulation does not correspond to any 
standard, nor is it supplemented by any other technical regulation. 
9.  Proposed date of adoption: Upon publication in the Official Journal La Gaceta 
 Proposed date of entry into force: Six months after publication in the Official Journal 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days as of the date of notification   
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Centro de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio  
Apartado postal 10216-1000 
San José, Costa Rica 
Tel.: (+506) 2549-1479 Fax: (+506) 2291-2015 Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr  
Email: crotc@meic.go.cr  
Full text available at:  
http://reglatec.go.cr/reglatec/principal.jsp   
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