G/SPS/N/CRI/165  
20 October 2015  
(15-5512)  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 Fitosanitario del 
Estado , SFE (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, State Phytosanitary Service) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): HS code 0808: Pears ( Pyrus communis  L.) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X]    Specific regions or countries: Portugal  
5. Title of the notified document: Resolución N°074-2015-ARP-SFE  (Resolution No. 074-
2015-ARP-SFE) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 2 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CRI/15_4166_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: The Pest Risk Analysis Unit has decided to establish a 
phytosanitary import requirement for pears ( Pyrus communis  L.) from Portugal. 
It has ordered the administrator of the phytosanitary requirement databases to assign the 
following requirement to the product concerned: 
"The shipment must be accompanied by an official phytosanitary certificate from the 
country of origin, which indicates, in the section for additional declarations, that it is free 
from Cydia pomonella , Comstockaspis perniciosa , Pseudococcus calceolariae , Pseudococcus 
comstocki  and Monilia fructigena ".  
It also established the following requirement fo r products that are to be consumed fresh: 
"Products must be properly packaged and labe lled and free from plant residues, soil, snails 
and slugs". 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal heal th, [X] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? 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)  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.) International 
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 11: Pest risk analysis for G/SPS/N/CRI/165 
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  quarantine pests. 
[ ] 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
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) : Immediately. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 10 November 2015 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 
Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado (SFE) 
Centro de Información y Notificación MSF 
Apartado Postal 1521 - 1200 San José, Costa Rica 
Tel.: +(506) 2549 3454 
Fax: +(506) 2549 3598 Email: puntocontactoMSF@sfe.go.cr