G/SPS/N/CRI/201  
14 August  2018 
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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 Salud, Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, 
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio  (Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock, Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade)  
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 applicable) : Dairy products, milk powder and cream powder  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countr ies:  
5. Title of the notified document : Reglamento Técnico Centroamericano RTCA 67.04.76:18 
Productos lácteos, leches en polvo y crema (nata) en polvo  (Central American Technical 
Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.76:18, Dairy products, milk powder and cream powder) 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 6 
Text available at: 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/CRI/18_4383_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified text establishes the specifications to be met by milk 
powder and cream powder.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety , [ ] animal health , [ ] plant protection , [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission ( e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text ) CODEX STAN 207 -1999 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ): 
[ ] 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:   G/SPS/N/CRI/201  
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 Central American Technical Regulation RTCA Industria de alimentos y bebidas 
procesados . Buenas Prácticas de Manufactura . Principios Generales (current version);  
 Central American Technical Regulation RTCA Alimentos . Criterios Microbiológicos  para la 
inocuidad de Alimentos  (current version);  
 Central American Technical Regulation RTCA Alimentos y Bebidas Procesadas . Aditivos 
Alimentarios  (current version);  
 Central American Technical Regulation RTCA Etiquetado General de los Alimentos 
Previament e Envasados (Preenvasados)  (current version);  
 Central American Technical Regulation RTCA Etiquetado Nutricional de Productos 
Alimenticios Preenvasados para Consumo Humano para la Población a partir de 3 Años 
de Edad  (current version);  
 Central American Tech nical Regulation RTCA Uso de Términos Lecheros  (current 
version). (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 ): 13 October 2 018 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from : [ ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body: