G/SPS/N/CRI/157  
27 March 2015  
(15-1732)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: COSTA RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, Servicio Fitosanitario del 
Estado , SFE (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, State Phytosanitary Service) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): HS Chapter 38: Miscellaneous chemical products. Technical grade 
active ingredients or formulated synthetic pesticides containing the active ingredient 
carbofuran. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners [ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Prohibición del registro, importación, exportación, 
fabricación, formulación, almacenamiento, distribución, transporte, reempaque, reenvase, 
manipulación, venta, mezcla y uso de ingred ientes activos grado técnico y plaguicidas 
sintéticos formulados que contengan el ingrediente activo carbofurán y derogatoria del Decreto Ejecutivo N° 34149-S-MAG-MTSS-MINAE  (Ban on the registration, importation, 
exportation, manufacture, formulation, storage, distribution, transportation, repacking, 
repackaging, handling, sale, blending and use of technical grade active ingredients and formulated synthetic pesticides containing the active ingredient carbofuran and repeal of 
Executive Decree No. 34149-S-MAG-MTSS-MINAE) Language(s): Spanish Number of 
pages: 6 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CRI/15_1368_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: The purpose of the notified Decree is to prohibit the registration, 
importation, exportation, manufacture, formulation, storage, distribution, transportation, 
repacking, repackaging, handling, sale, blending and use of technical grade active 
ingredients or formulated synthetic pesticides containing the active ingredient carbofuran. 
The use of carbofuran is prohibited for all crops and formulation types, except for 
registered products that are authorized for use in granular formulations for pineapple and 
banana crops, which may be used for a 24-month period, after which they will be 
completely banned.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/CRI/157 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)  
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM No. ) 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
[ ] Yes [ ] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
Agreement No. IX of the XXIII meeting of Ministers of Health of Central America and the Dominican Republic (RESSCAD), held in the Republic of Honduras in 2000 (available in 
Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 4 December 2014 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 4 December 2014 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 15 May 2014. Natural or legal persons registering, importing, exporting, 
manufacturing, formulating, storing, distribu ting, transporting, repacking, repackaging, 
handling, selling, blending and using technical grade active ingredients or formulated 
synthetic pesticides containing carbofuran, and which are authorized to use this substance 
in granular formulations for pineapple and banana crops, will have a non-extendable period of six months, from the date of publication of this Decree, to comply with Articles 3, 4, 5, 
6, 7, and 8 thereof. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable. 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body: 
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado (SFE) 
Centro de Información y Notificación MSF Apartado Postal 1521 – 1200 
San José, Costa Rica 
Tel.: (+506) 2549 3454 Fax: (+506) 2549 3598 Email: puntocontactoMSF@sfe.go.cr