G/TBT/N/CRI/160  
22 July 2016  
(16-3913)  Page: 1/3  
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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
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/  
Name and address (including telephon e 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): 65.100 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: RTCR 484: 2016. 
Reglamento sobre el Registro, Uso y Control de Plaguicidas Sintéticos Formulados, 
Ingrediente Activo Grado Técnico, Coadyuvant es y Sustancias Afines de Uso Agrícola 
(Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR)  No. 484:2016, Regulations governing the 
registration, use and control of formulated synthetic pesticides, technical grade active ingredients, processing aids and related substances for agricultural use) (176 pages, in 
Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified text establishes the regulations, general principles 
and procedures governing the registration proc ess, use and control of synthetic formulated 
pesticides, technical grade active ingredients, processing aids and related substances for 
agricultural use. It seeks to ensure that these products, as well as products of mineral 
origin, inorganic salts and the primary pack aging thereof, are registered prior to 
importation, manufacturing, formulation, storage, distribution, transportation, repacking, 
repackaging, handling, blending, sale and use. 
It applies to natural or legal persons registering, marketing, importing, formulating, 
manufacturing, repackaging, repacking, storing, distributing and handling formulated 
synthetic pesticides, technical grade active ingredients, processing aids and related substances, as well as products of mineral origin and inorganic salts. G/TBT/N/CRI/160 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health and safety, and protection of the environment 
8. Relevant documents:  
 Guidelines on efficacy data for the registration of pesticides for plant protection . 
Rome, March 1985; 
 Guidelines for the registration and control of pesticides (including a model scheme 
for the establishment of national organizations) . Rome, March 1985; 
 Guidelines for legislation on the control of pesticides . Rome, October 1989; 
 Guidelines on the initial introduction and subsequent development of a simple 
national pesticide registration and control scheme . Rome, August 1991; 
 Manual on the Development and Use of FAO and WHO Specifications for Pesticides . 
Rome, 2004; 
 International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides, Revised 
Version . Rome, 2003; 
 Guidelines on pesticide residue trials to prov ide data for the registration of pesticides 
and the establishment of maximum residue limits . FAO, Rome, 1986; 
 Annex I. OECD Test Guidelines for St udies Included in the SIDS. Manual for 
Investigation of HPV chemicals : http://www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/risk-
assessment/36045066.pdf ; 
 Decreto Ejecutivo 31961, Resolución 118-2004 (COMIECO), Protocolo Patrón para -
Ensayos en la Eficacia Biológica de Plaguicidas de Uso Agrícola, de 26 junio de 2004 
(Executive Decree No. 31961, Central American Council of Ministers for Economic 
Integration (COMIECO) Resolution No. 118-20 04: Standard Protocol for testing the 
biological efficacy of agricultural pesticides, June 2004) published in La Gaceta  
No. 179 of 13 September 2004; 
 Guidance document on the assessment of the equivalence of technical materials of 
substances regulated under Council Directive 91/414/EEC, European Commission, 
Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, Directorate D - Food Safety: 
Production and distribution chain, Un it D.3 - Chemicals, contaminants and 
pesticides , April 2005; 
 ECETOC (2003): (Q)SARs: Evaluation of the commercially available software for 
human health and environmental endpoints with respect to chemical management 
applications . ECETOC Technical Report No. 89 . European Centre for Ecotoxicology 
and Toxicology of Chemicals, Brussels; 
 European Chemicals Bureau (ECB) (2003): "Use of (Quantitative) Structure Activity 
Relationships ((Q)SARs)" in: Technical Guidance Document on Risk Assessment in support of Commission Directive 93/67/EEC on Risk Assessment for new notified 
substances, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 on Risk Assessment for 
existing substances and Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market , Part III, 
Chapter 4, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health and 
Consumer Protection, European Chemicals Bureau; 
 Tennant RW and Ashby J (1991): Classification according to chemical structure, 
mutagenicity to Salmonella and level of carcinogenicity of a further 39 chemicals 
tested for carcinogenicity by the US National Toxicology Program . Mutation Research 
257, 209-227; 
 Ashby J and Tennant RW (1991): Definitive relationships among chemical structure, 
carcinogenicity and mutagenicity for 301 chemicals tested by the US NTP . Mutation 
Research 257, 229-306; 
 Van der Berg, M. et al (1998): Toxic Equivalency Factors (TEFs) for PCBs, PCDDS, 
PCDFs for Humans and Wildlife . Environmental Health Perspective, 106 (12), 
775-792; 
 WHO/FAO (2005) Manual on development and use of FAO and WHO specifications 
for pesticides . First edition, FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper 173. WHO 
and FAO, Rome; 
 Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 15563-MAG-S, Reglamento Protección Industria Apícola 
Nacional, de 5 de julio de 1984  (Executive Decree No. 15563-MAG-S: Regulations 
for the Protection of the National Apicul ture Industry, 5 July 1984), published in La 
Gaceta  No. 156 of 20 August of 1984; 
 Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 24715-MOPT-MEIC-S, Reglamento para el Transporte Terrestre G/TBT/N/CRI/160 
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  de Productos Peligrosos, de 6 de octubre de 1995 (Executive Decree No. 24715-
MOPT-MEIC-S: Regulations on the transportation by land of hazardous products, 
6 October 1995),  published in La Gaceta No. 207 of 1 November 1995; 
 Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 26285-H-COMEX, Reglamenta Regímenes de Perfeccionamiento 
Activo y Devolutivo Derechos  d e  1 9  d e  a g o s t o  d e  1 9 9 7  (Executive Decree 
No. 26285-H-COMEX: Regulations on the inward processing and drawback regimes, 
19 August 1997), published in La Gaceta  No. 170 of 4 September 1997; 
 Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 26503-MAG, Reglamento de Regencias Agropecuarias del 
Colegio de Ingenieros Agrónomos de Costa Rica, de 24 de octubre de 1997  
(Executive Decree No. 26503-MAG, Regulation s on the agricultural courses of the 
Costa Rican College of Agricultural En gineers, 24 October 1997), published in  La 
Gaceta  No. 242 of 16 December 1997; 
 Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 27037-MAG-MEIC, Norma RTCR 321:1998 Registro y 
Examinación de Equipos de Aplicación de Sustancias Químicas, Biológicas, Bioquímicas o Afines, de 5 de enero de 1998  (Executive Decree No. 27037-MAG-
MEIC, Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 321:1998: Registration and 
examination of equipment for applying chemical, biological, biochemical or related 
substances, 5 January 1998), published in La Gaceta  No. 174 of 7 September 1998, 
Supplement No. 59; 
 Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 27041-MAG-MEIC, Norma RTCR176: 1991 Agroquímicos. Toma 
de Muestra, de 5 de enero de 1998  (Executive Decree No. 27041-MAG-MEIC, Costa 
Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 176: 1991: Agrochemicals. Sample-taking, 
5 January 1998), published in La Gaceta No. 176 of 9 September 1998; 
 Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 27056-MAG-MEIC, Norma RTCR 213:1997. Toma de muestras 
para análisis de residuos de plaguicidas en los cultivos de vegetales, de 5 de enero de 1998  (Executive Decree No. 27056-MAG-MEIC, Costa Rican Technical Regulation 
(RTCR) No. 213:1997: Sampling for Analysis of Pesticide Residues in Vegetable 
Crops, 5 January 1998), published in La Gaceta  No. 178 of 11 September 1998; 
 Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 27763-MAG, Fijación de Tarifas de Servicios del Ministerio de 
Agricultura y Ganadería, de 10 de marzo de 1999  (Executive Decree No. 27763-
MAG, Setting of tariffs for services provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock), published in La Gaceta  No. 68 of 9 April 1999, Supplement No. 26; 
 Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 27973-MAG-MEIC-S, RTCR 318:1998 Laboratorio Análisis de 
Sustancias Químicas y Biológicas de Uso en la Agricultura, 19 de mayo de 1998 (Executive Decree No. 27973-MAG-MEIC-S, Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 318:1998: Regulations on laboratory analysis of chemical and biological 
substances for agricultural use, 19 May 1998), published in La Gaceta  No. 139 of 
19 July 1999; and 
 Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 31520-MS-MAG-MINAE-MOPT-MGPSP, Reglamento para las 
actividades de la Aviación Agrícola, de 16 de octubre de 2003  (Executive Decree No. 
31520-MS-MAG-MINAE-MOPT-MGPSP, Regulations on agricultural aviation activities, 16 October 2003), published in La Gaceta  No. 241 of 15 December 2003. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: Upon publication in Official Journal La Gaceta.  
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon publication in Official Journal La Gaceta.  
10. Final date for comments: 26 July 2016 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
TBT Enquiry Point: 
San José, Costa Rica Apartado Postal 10216-1000 Tel.: (+506) 2549-1479 
Fax: (+506) 2291-2015 
Email: crotc@meic.go.cr  
Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr/  
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