G/SPS/N/CRI/173  
 
18 July 2016  
(16-3845)  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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): HS tariff heading 0805: Citr us fruit, fresh or dried 
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: Resolución N° 063-2016-ARP-SFE (Resolution 
No. 063-2016-ARP-SFE)   
Language(s): Spanish  Number of pages: 5 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/CRI/16_2860_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: The notified Resolution establishes the mandatory 
phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Costa Rica of regulated 
articles capable of transmitting the Citrus leprosis virus in the context of international 
trade. The requirements apply to all countries where the virus is present and that 
maintain or seek to maintain trade relations with Costa Rica.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [X] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.  
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)   
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (NIMF) No. 2 "Guidelines for Pest Risk Analysis" (1995) and No. 11 "Pest Risk Analysis for Quarantine Pests 
Including Analysis of Environmental Risks and Living Modified Organisms" (2004)
 
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/CRI/173 
  
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
Reglamento Técnico RTCR 351.1997: Directrices para la verificación en origen de vegetales, agentes de control biológico y otros organismos de uso agrícola que se 
pretenden importar  (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 351.1997: Guidelines 
for the verification in the country of origin of plants, biological control agents and other organisms for agricultural use with a view to their importation) (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 12 September 2016  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 16 September 2016 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail 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 
E-mail: puntocontactoMSF@sfe.go.cr