. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/69 
17 October 2007 
 (07-4493) 
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:  COSTA RICA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible:    
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio  (Ministry of the Economy, Industry and 
Trade) Órgano de Reglamentación Técnica  (Technical Regulation Body) 
Tel.: + (506) 235-2700, ext. 206/203 
Fax: + (506) 297-1439 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail 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 
Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade (MEIC) Apartado Postal 10216-1000, San José Tel.:  (+506) 235-2700, Ext. 203/206 Fax:  (+506) 297-1439 E-mail:  crotc@meic.go.cr  
Web site: 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):   International 
Classification fo r Standards (ICS) code 67.060 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  RTCR 406:2007 
Arroz en Granza. Especificaciones y métodos  de análisis para la comercialización e 
industrialización   (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 406:2007:  Rice in the 
husk. Specifications and analysis methods fo r marketing and processing)  (26 pages, in 
Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation seeks to establish the quality 
and safety requirements and analysis methods for long-grain rice ( Oryza sativa L.) in the 
husk, domestically produced or imported a nd marketed for processing in Costa Rica. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Protection of human life and health. G/TBT/N/CRI/69 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
-  1999.  Decreto ejecutivo (Executive Decree) No. 27980-S. Nivel máximo de aflatoxinas 
en maíz, arroz, fríjol, trigo, oleaginosas y leguminosas  (Maximum levels of aflatoxins in 
maize, rice, kidney beans, wheat, oil-seed s and pulses), published in Official Journal 
La Gaceta No. 140 of 20 July 1999. 
-  1999.  Executive Decree No. 27630-MEIC-MAG-S. Limites máximos de residuos de 
plaguicidas en los vegetales (Maximum residue limits for pesticides in vegetables), 
published in Official Journal No. 33 of 17 February 1999. 
- 2001.  Executive Decree No. 29660-MEIC. Metrología, unidades legales de medida  
(Metrology: Legal units of measurement), published in Official Journal No. 151 of 
8 August 2001. 
- 2001.  Executive Decree No. 29473-MEIC-MAG. Procedimientos para la aplicación  
de los requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de plantas, productos vegetales y 
otros productos capaces de transportar plagas (Procedures for the implementation of 
phytosanitary requirements for the importation of plants, plant products and other plant 
material capable of harbouring pests), published in Official Journal No. 93 of 
16 May 2001. 
- 2007.  Executive Decree No. 33949-MEIC. Establece el precio mínimo de compra del 
industrial al productor de arroz y precios máxi mos de venta, en todas las etapas de la 
comercialización y sus reformas  (Establishment of the minimum purchase price payable 
for rice by processors to producers and of maximum sales prices at all stages of the 
placing on the market, and amendments thereto), published in Official Journal No. 172 
of 7 September 2007.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
Six months' validity following publication 
in the Official Journal. 
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 website addresses, if available, of other body:    
TBT Enquiry Point 
San José,  Costa Rica 
E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr 
Web site: http://www.reglatec.go.cr  
Tel.: +(506) 235-2700, exts. 221 or 203 Fax: +(506) 297-1439 / 236-7192 
Full text available online at: 
http://www.reglatec.go.cr/propuestas/RT_ARROZ_para_OMC_con_ultimas_observaciones
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