G/SPS/N/CRI/197  
19 February  2018 
(18-1046) Page: 1/2 
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 Nacional de Salud  
Animal, SENASA (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, National Animal Health 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 applica ble): HS code 67.100.01: Milk and milk products in general  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: RTCA 67.04.75 :17 Productos Lácteos . Quesos 
Madurados.  Especificaciones  (Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) 
No. 67.04.75:17: Dairy products. Matured cheese. Specifications) Language(s): Spanish 
Number of pages: 7 
Text available at: 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/CRI/18_0975_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the specifications  to 
be met by matured cheese, as defined in Section 4 (Definitions) thereof.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety,  [  ] animal health,  [  ] plant protection,   
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other d amage from 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. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM No. ): 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No  
If no, describe, whenever possi ble, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/CRI/197  
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 CODEX STAN 234 -1999: Recommended methods of analysis and sampling, and 
amendments thereto;  
 CODEX STAN 193 -1995: General Standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed, and revisions thereof.  
(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/or  ( dd/mm/yy ): 20 April 2018  
Agenc y 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  (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock)  
Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado  (SFE)  (State Phytosanitary Service)  
Centro de In formación y Notificación MSF  (SPS Enquiry and Notification Point)  
Apartado Postal 1521 -1200 
San José, Costa Rica  
Tel.: (+506) 2549 3454  
Fax: (+506) 2549 3598  
Email: puntocontactoMSF@sfe.go.cr