. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/54 
5 December 2006 
 (06-5823) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comerc io.  Dirección de Mejora Regulatoria y 
Reglamentación Técnica  (Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade.  Regulatory 
Improvement and Technical Regulation Directorate) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and web site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
Centro de Información de Obst áculos Técnicos al Comercio 
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio - MEIC 
Apartado Postal. 10216-1000 
Tel.:  +(506) 235-2700, ext. 221/203 and +(506) 236-2538 
Fax:  +(506) 297-1439 E-mail:  crotc@meic.go.cr  
Website: www.reglatec.go.cr  
 
3. Notified under Article 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):   Solidified sugar cane 
juice ( tapa de dulce)  and granulated sugar cane juice ( dulce granulado ) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Reglamento Técnico 
RTCR 396:2006 Tapa de Dulce y Dulce Granulado . Especificaciones  (Costa Rican 
Technical Regulation RTCR 396:2006 Solidified Sugar Cane Juice and Granulated Sugar Cane Juice.  Specifications) (6 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified text sets forth regulations on the minimum quality, 
safety, labelling and packaging requirements fo r solidified sugar cane juice and granulated 
sugar cane juice marketed for domestic consumption.   
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Protection of human health.   G/TBT/N/CRI/54 
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8. Relevant documents:  
 
• Costa Rica. 1997. Executive Decree No. 26012-MEIC, RTCR 100:1997 Etiquetado 
de los Alimentos Preenvasados y sus reformas (Labelling of Pre-packaged Foods 
and amendments thereto), pub lished in Official Journal La Gaceta  No. 91 of 14 
May 1997. San José, Costa Rica, National Printing Press.  
• Costa Rica. 1993. Executive Decree No. 22268-MEIC. NCR 143:1993 Metrología. 
Contenido Neto de Preempacados  y sus reformas (Metrology. Net Contents of Pre-
packages and amendments thereto), published in Official Journal La Gaceta  No. 
132 of 13 July 1993. San José, Costa Rica, National Printing Press. 
• Costa Rica. 1996. Executive Decree No. 25234-MEIC. Reglamento a la Ley de 
Promoción de la Competencia y Defensa Efectiva del Consumidor  y sus reformas  
(Regulations to the Law on the Promoti on of Competition and Effective Consumer 
Protection and amendments thereto), published in Official Journal La Gaceta   No. 
124 of 1 July 1996. San José, Costa Rica, National Printing Press. 
• Costa Rica. 1973. Ley General de Salud  (General Health Law) No. 5395. Collection 
of Laws and Decrees of 1973, 2
nd Semester, Volume 3, Page 1122. San José, Costa 
Rica, National Printing Press. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: }Upon publication in the Official Journal 
La  Gaceta de Costa Rica  
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and web site add resses, if available, of other body:  
Centro de Información de Obst áculos Técnicos al Comercio 
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio - MEIC 
Apartado Postal. 10216-1000 
 
Tel.:   (+506) 235-2700, Ext. 221 / 203 Fax:  (+506) 297-1439  E-mail:   crotc@meic.go.cr 
Web site: www.reglatec.go.cr 
 Full text available online at:  
http://www.reglatec.go.cr/comites/RT_TapaDulce_VersionFinal.pdf