WORLD TRADE  
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G/SPS/N/CRI/114 
2 November 2011  
 (11-5553) 
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 Ganaderí a, Servicio Nacional de Salud 
Animal, SENASA (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, National Animal Health Service)
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(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 67.100.99 
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:  RTCR 454:2011 Reglamento Técnico para Leche 
Condensada (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 454:2011 on condensed milk) 
Language(s):  Spanish Number of pages:  17 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/CRI/11_3622_00_s.pdf  
http://www.senasa.go.cr/senasaweb/doc umentosenconsultaOMC.html 
6. Description of content:  The notified Technical Regulation applies to condensed milk 
intended for direct consumption or further pr ocessing and defined as such under Section 3.1 
of this Regulation. 
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. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[ ] None G/SPS/N/CRI/114 
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   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: 
9. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
- Decreto Ejecutivo  (Executive Decree) of the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and 
Trade No. 26012-MEIC of 15 April 1997, Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 100:1997:  Etiquetado de los Alimentos Preenvasados (Labelling of pre-packaged 
foods) and amendments thereto, published in La Gaceta  (Official Journal) No. 91 of 
14 May 1997; 
- Executive Decree of the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade and Ministry of 
Health No. 30256-MEIC-S of 15 January 2002, Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 135:2002:  Etiquetado Nutricional de los Alimentos Preenvasados 
(Nutrition labelling of pre-packaged foods), published in Official Journal No. 71 of 
15 April 2002; 
- Executive Decree of the Ministry of He alth No. 31595-S of 2 December 2003:  
Reglamento de Notificación de Materias Primas, Registro Sanitario, Importación, 
Desalmacenaje y Vigilancia de Alimentos  (Regulation on the notification of raw 
materials and the sanitary registration, im portation, customs clearance and monitoring 
of foodstuffs) and amendments thereto, published in Official Journal No. 16 of 23 January 2004; 
- Executive Decree of the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade, Ministry of 
Agriculture and Livestock and Ministry  of Health No. 33288-MEIC-MAG-S of 
16 May 2006, Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 395:2006:  Para el Uso 
de Términos Lecheros  (Use of dairy terms), published in Official Journal No. 164 of 
28 August 2006; 
- Executive Decree of the Ministry of Fo reign Trade and Ministry of the Economy, 
Industry and Trade No. 33371-COMEX-MEIC of 10 August 2006 issuing Resolution 
No. 168-2006 (Council of Ministers for Economic Integration (COMIECO) XLIX), Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 01.01.11:06:  Cantidad de 
Producto en Preempacados  (Quantity of product in pre-packages), published in 
Official Journal No. 194 of 10 October 2006; 
- Executive Decree of the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade, Ministry of 
Agriculture and Livestock and Ministry  of Health No. 33812-MEIC-MAG-S of 
6 February 2007, Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 401-2006:  Leche 
cruda y leche higienizada  (Raw milk and processed milk) and amendments thereto, 
published in Official Journa l No. 112 of 12 June 2007; 
- Executive Decree of the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade, Ministry of 
Agriculture and Livestock and Ministry  of Health No. 34922-MEIC-MAG-S of 
3 October 2008, Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 407-2007:  Reglamento Técnico General para Quesos  (General Technical Regulation for Cheese), 
published in Official Journal No. 238 of 9 December 2008;  G/SPS/N/CRI/114 
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   - Executive Decree of the Ministry of Foreign Tr ade, Ministry of Health, Ministry of the 
Economy, Industry and Trade and Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock 
No. 35485-COMEX-S-MEIC-MAG of 15 June 2009 issuing Resolution No. 243-2009 
(COMIECO LV), Central American Techni cal Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.50:08:  
Alimentos.  Criterio Microbiológico para la inocuidad de los alimentos  (Foods.  
Microbiological criteria for food safety), published in Official Journal No. 184 of 22 September 2009; 
- Executive Decree of the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade 
No. 36463-MEIC of 26 November 2010, Cost a Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) 
No. 443:2010:  Metrología.  Unidades de Medida.  Sistema Internacional (SI)  
(Metrology.  Measurement units .  International System (SI)), published in Official 
Journal No. 56 of 21 March 2011; 
- Executive Decree of the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade, Ministry of 
Agriculture and Livestock and Ministry  of Health No. 36457-MEIC-MAG-S of 
22 November 2010:  Oficialización de los métodos de análisis y muestreo mediante la 
Norma del Codex Stan 234-1999 y sus enmiendas  (Approval of the methods of analysis 
and sampling listed in Codex standard CODEX STAN 234-1999 and its amendments), 
published in Official Journa l No. 55 of 18 March 2011. 
 (Texts available in Spanish.)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Six months' validity following publication in the 
Official Journal 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  1 January 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  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 MSF 
Apartado Postal 10094-1000 San José, Costa Rica Tel.: +(506) 2549-3454 Fax: +(506) 2549-3599 E-mail: notificaciones@sfe.go.cr