G/TBT/N/CRI/158  
 
7 June 2016  
(16-3066)  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 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) 
Departamento de Reglamentación Técnica  (Technical Regulation Department) 
Tel.: (+506) 2549-1479 
Fax: (+506) 2291-2015 
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:   
TBT Enquiry Point  
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio , MEIC (Ministry of the Economy, Industry and 
Trade) 
Apartado Postal 10216-1000 
San José, Costa Rica Tel.: (+506) 2549-1479 
Fax: (+506) 2291-2015 
Email: crotc@meic.go.cr   
Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr  
3. Notified under Arti cle 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):  
International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 59.080.01 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  RTCR 483:2016. 
Textiles y productos textiles. Ropa usada. Etiquetado  (Costa Rican Technical Regulation 
(RTCR) No. 483:2016: Textiles and textile products. Used clothing. Labelling) (9 pages, in 
Spanish) 
6. Description of content:  The aim of the notified Technical Regulation is to establish the 
labelling requirements to be met by used clothing marketed in Costa Rica. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of practices likely to mislead or deceive consumers G/TBT/N/CRI/158 
 
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  8. Relevant documents: 
 Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 39047-COMEX-MEIC. Re solución N° 353-2014 (COMIECO-LXIX) 
Reglamento Técnico Centroamericano RTCA 59.01.08:12 Textiles y Productos Textiles. 
Requisitos de Etiquetado, publicado en La Gaceta No. 129 del 6 de julio de 2015 
(Executive Decree No. 39047-COMEX-MEIC of th e Ministry of Foreign Trade and Ministry 
of the Economy, Industry and Trade. Resolu tion No. 353-2014 (Council of Ministers for 
Economic Integration (COMIECO) LXIX), Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) 
No. 59.01.08:12, Textiles and textile products. Labelling requirements, published in Official Journal La Gaceta  No. 129 of 6 July 2015); 
 Decreto Ejecutivo No. 17624-S, Reglamento de Vigilancia Epidemiológica y Control de 
Enfermedades Transmisibles, publicado en La Gaceta No. 131 del 13 de julio de 1987  
(Executive Decree No. 17624-S, Regulations on  epidemiological surveillance and control 
of communicable diseases, published in Official Journal La Gaceta  No. 131 of 
13 July 1987). 
9.  Proposed date of adoption: Upon publication in the Official Journal La Gaceta 
 Proposed date of entry into force: Six months after publication in the Official Journal 
10. Final date for comments:  25 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:  
Centro de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio  
Apartado postal 10216-1000 San José, Costa Rica Tel.: (+506) 2549-1479 
Fax: (+506) 2291-2015 
Email: crotc@meic.go.cr  
Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr  
Full text available at:  
http://reglatec.go.cr/reglatec/principal.jsp   
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