G/TBT/N/CRI/183  
11 December 2018  
(18-7808) 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 Ambiente y Energía  (Ministry of the Environment and 
Energy) Tel. : (+506) 2549 -1479 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://ww w.reglatec.go.cr/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 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 75.160.20  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : RTCR 495:2018 . 
Biocombustibles . Etanol carburante anhidro y sus mezclas con gasolinas RON 91 y RON 
95. Especificaciones  (Costa Rican Tec hnical Regulation (RTCR) No. 495:2018 . Biofuels . 
Anhydrous fuel ethanol and its mixtures with 91 RON and 95 RON gasoline . Specifications) 
(15 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Regulation establishes the quality technical 
specific ations for anhydrous fuel ethanol and its mixtures with 91 RON and 95 RON 
gasoline which are used as fuel nationwide . It also applies to anhydrous fuel ethanol and 
its mixtures with 91 EX RON and 95 EX RON gasoline which are sold nationwide, with 
regard to  both their bulk distribution and sale to the end consumer.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  
• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM International), 
ASTM  D3244 -16: Standard Practice for Utilization of Test Data to Determine 
Conformance with Specifications, West Conshohocken, PA, 2016;  G/TBT/N/CRI/183  
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  • Decreto Ejecutivo N° 40050 -MINAE -MAG, Reglamento de Biocombustibles 
líquidos y sus mezclas , published  in Official Journal La Gaceta  No. 39 of 
23 February 2 017; 
• Decreto Ejecutivo N° 37662 -MEIC-H-MICIT, Procedimiento para la Demostración 
para la Evaluación de la Conformidad de los Reglamentos Técnicos ; 
• Norma INTE E1 . Combustibles . Gasolina RON 91, RON 95 y sus mezclas con etanol 
carburante anhidro desnaturalizado . Especificaciones ; 
• Norma INTE E5 . Combustibles . Etanol carburante anhidro . Especificaciones . 
9. Proposed date of adoption : Upon publication in Official Journal La Gaceta.  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months after publication in the Official Journal  
La Gaceta . 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] 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 /msolera@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/C RI/18_6329_00_s.pdf