G/TBT/N/CRI/ 162 
 
30 August 2016  
(16-4557) 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 Economía, Industr ia 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 telephone and fax numbers , email and websit e 
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. Notif ied 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 Standa rds (ICS) code  67.040  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Reglamento 
Técnico Centroamericano RTCA 67.06.74:16 , Productos Agropecuarios Orgánicos. 
Requisitos para la Producción, el Procesamiento, la Comercialización, la Cert ificación y el 
Etiquetado  (Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.06.74:16: Organic 
agricultural products. Production, processing, marketing, certification and labelling 
requirements ) (66 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:  The noti fied Technical Regulation establishes the provisions and 
procedures governing the production, registration, certification, processing, labelling, 
storage, transport and marketing of organic agricultural products. It applies to the following 
products that c arry or should carry a descriptive label relating to organic production 
methods.  
A product is considered to carry information concerning organic production methods when 
the label or property claims, including advertising material and commercial documents, 
describe the product or its ingredients using the terms "organic", "biological" or "ecological" 
or other similar internationally recognized vocabulary, including abbreviated forms, which 
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  production methods in the country in which they have been put on the market.   
This Technical Regulation is binding upon all natural and legal persons engaged in the 
production, processing, labelling, storage, transport and marketing o f certified organic 
agricultural products as well as upon the public and private bodies engaged in the 
registration, control and/or certification of such products.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Plant health, animal health and consumer information  
8. Relevant documents: - 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of notification  
11. Texts ava ilable 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   
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  
Full text available at :  
http://re glatec.go.cr/reglatec/principal.jsp   
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