G/TBT/N/CRI/172  
20 February  2018 
(18-1097) 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)  
Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal , SENASA (National Animal Health Service)  
Tel.: (+506) 2587 1600  
Fax: (+506) 2291 -2015 
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, Industry 
and Trade)  
Apartado Postal 10216 -1000 
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 for Standards (ICS) code 67.100.01  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Reglamento 
Técnico Centroamericano 67.04.75:17 Productos Lácteos . Quesos Madurados . 
Especificaciones  (Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.75:17 Dairy 
products . Matured cheese . Specifications) (7 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the specific ations to 
be met by matured cheese, as defined in Section 4 (Definitions) thereof . It also applies to 
matured cheese intended for direct human consumption or further processing in the 
territory of the States Parties.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human life and health.  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. RTCA 67.01.33:06 Industria de Alimentos y Bebidas Procesados . Buenas Prácticas 
de Manufactura . Principios Generales (Central American Technical Regulation 
(RTCA) No. 67.01.33:06 : Processed food and beverage industry . Good 
Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) . General principles) (current version);  G/TBT/N/CRI/172  
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  2. RTCA 67.04.50:08 Alimentos . Criterios Microbiológicos para la Inocuidad de 
Alimentos  (Central American Tech nical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.50:08 : Food 
products . Microbiological criteria for food safety) (current version);  
3. RTCA 67.04.54:10 Alimentos y Bebidas Procesadas . Aditivos Alimentarios (Central 
American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.54:10 : Processed foods and 
beverages . Food additives) (current version);  
4. RTCA 67.01.07:10 Etiquetado General de los Alimentos previamente envasados 
(preenvasados)  (Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.01.07:10 : 
General labelling of pre -packaged foods) ( current version);  
5. RTCA 67.01.60:10 Etiquetado nutricional de productos alimenticios preenvasados 
para consumo humano para la población a partir de 3 años de edad  (Central 
American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.01.60:10 : Nutrition labelling of pre -
packaged foods for human consumption intended for adults and children of over 
three years of age);  
6. CODEX STAN 234 -1999. Recommended methods of analysis and sampling, and 
amendments thereto;  
7. RTCA 67.04.65:12 Uso de Términos Lecheros  (Central American Techni cal 
Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.65:12 : Use of dairy terms) (current version);  
8. RTCA 67.04.70:14 Productos Lácteos . Quesos . Especificaciones  (Central American 
Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.70:14 : M ilk products . Cheese . 
Specifications) (current version).  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Upon publication in Official Journal La Gaceta.  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined.  
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  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/CRI/18_0917_00_s.pdf