. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CRI/68 
19 August 2008 
 (08-3907) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COSTA RICA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, Servicio Nacional de Salud 
Animal , SENASA (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, National Animal Health Service)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 67.100: Yoghurt for direct 
consumption.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   
 Trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Reglamento Técnico 
RTCR 414:2008: Yogurt para consumo directo (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) 
No. 414:2008:  Yoghurt for direct consumption) (14 pages, in Spanish). 
Text available at:   
http://www.senasa.go.cr/documentosenconsultaOMC.html  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/sps/CRI/08_2492_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified Technical Regulation establishes the classification of 
and the requirements and specifications for yoghurt for direct consumption. 
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    
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:     
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
• Decreto Ejecutivo  (Executive Decree) No. 22268-ME IC, Costa Rican Standard 
(NCR) No. 148:1993: Metrología:  Contenido Neto  de Productos Preempacados 
(Metrology: Net contents of pre-packaged goods) and amendments thereto, published 
in La Gaceta  (Official Journal) No. 132 of 13 July 1993; G/SPS/N/CRI/68 
Page 2  
 
  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  (cont'd) 
• Executive Decree No. 26012-MEIC, Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) 
No. 100:1997:  Etiquetado de los Alimentos Preenvasados (Labelling of pre-
packaged foods) and amendments thereto, published in Official Journal No. 91 of 
14 May 1997; 
• Executive Decree No. 30256-MEIC-S, Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) 
No. 135:2002:  Etiquetado Nutricional de los Alimentos Preenvasados (Nutrition 
labelling of pre-packaged food) and amen dments thereto, published in Official 
Journal No. 71 of 15 April 2002; 
• Executive Decree No. 31595-S: Reglamento de Notificación de Materias Primas, 
Registro Sanitario, Importación, Desalmacenaje y Vigilancia de Alimentos 
(Regulations on the notification of raw materials and the sanitary registration, 
importation, customs clearance and monitoring of foodstuffs) and amendments thereto, published in Official Journal No. 16 of 23 January 2004; 
• Executive Decree No. 32175 MEIC-S: Leche Cruda y Leche Higienizada (Raw milk 
and processed milk) and amendments thereto,  published in Official Journal No. 112 
of 12 June 2007; 
• Executive Decree No. 33288 MEIC-MAG-S, Costa Rican Technical Regulation 
(RTCR) No. 395-2006: Para el Uso de Términos Lecheros  (Use of dairy terms), 
published in Official Jour nal No. 164 of 28 August 2006.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Upon publication in the Official Journal  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Six months after publication in the Official Journal  
12. Final date for comments:  60 days as from the date of notification  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal (SENASA) 
Centro de Información y Notificación en  Medidas Sanitarias y Fitosanitarias 
Apartado Postal 70-3006 Barreal de Heredia, Costa Rica Tel.:  +(506) 2260-8300, ext. 2065 
Fax: +(506) 2262-7831 
E-mail: notificaciones@protecnet.go.cr