G/TBT/N/CRI/177  
9 July 2018 
(18-4275) 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 Salud, Dirección de Protección al Ambiente Humano (Ministry of Health, 
Directorate for the Protection of the Human Environment)  
Tel.: (+506) 2549 -1479 
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 
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) : ICS 
number : 59.080.01  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : RTCR: 494-2018. 
Textiles y Productos Textiles . Ropa Usada . Registro y Obligatoriedad de Sanitización (Costa 
Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 494-2018. Textiles and textile products . Used 
clothing . Registration and mandatory sanitization) (17 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the health 
requirements to be met by used clothing packed in bulk, coming from outside the country, 
for customs clearance and marketing, in accordance with Law No. 7557 of 2 0 October 
1995 "General Customs Law" a nd Executive Decree No. 33452 -COMEX -MAG-H-GP-S of 1 5 
June 2 006 "Regulation of the Single Window for Foreign Trade System" . It also establishes 
the sanitization conditions to which domestic used clothing must be subject in order to be 
marketed.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human life and health.  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Executive Decree No. 33452 -COMEX -MAG-H-GP-S of 1 5 June 2 006 " Reglamento 
del Sistema de Ventanilla Única de Comer cio Exterior ", published in Official Journal 
La Gaceta  No. 235 of 7 December 2 006; G/TBT/N/CRI/177  
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  2. Executive Decree No. 40049 -MEIC of 2 5 October 2 016 " RTCR 483:2016 . TEXTILES 
Y PRODUCTOS TEXTILES . ROPA USADA.ETIQUETADO ", published in Supplement 
No. 296, Official Journal La Gaceta  No. 237 of 9 December 2 016; 
3. Executive Decree No. 17624 -S of 2 6 June 1 987 " Reglamento de Vigilancia 
Epidemiológica y Control de Enfermedades Transmisibles ", published in Official 
Journal La Gaceta  No. 131 of 1 3 July 1 987. 
9. Proposed date of adoption : Upon publication in Official Journal La Gaceta.  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months after publication in Official Journal La 
Gaceta.  
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_3497_00_s.pdf