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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CRI/94 
20 April 2010 
 (10-2004) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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):  Cold-storage plants for animal products and by-products. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners, or [ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Regulaciones en materia de establecimientos frigoríficos 
para productos y subproductos de origen anima l y otras disposiciones de carácter 
administrativo conexas  (Regulations applicable to cold-s torage plants for animal products 
and by-products and other related administrative provisions). 
Text available online at:  http://www.senasa.go.cr/Documentos/Legal/Directrices/2010/
DIRECTRIZ-SENASA-02-10.pdf . 
Full text of notification available online at:  http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/
sps/CRI/10_1552_00_s.pdf . 
Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  10 
6. Description of content:  The purpose of the notified directive is to lay down the technical 
and sanitary requirements and conditions to be  met by cold-storage plants for animal 
products and by-products and the conditions gove rning the storage of those products in 
such plants.  It also establishes the minimum st andards for the inspections to be carried out 
by SENASA officials and provides a technical de finition of the various terms relating to the 
cold storage of animal products and by-products. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/CRI/94 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] 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 No.)  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No  
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard: 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Ley General 
del Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal , SENASA (General Law governing the National 
Animal Health Service) No. 8495 of 6 April 2006 and Decreto Ejecutivo (Executive 
Decree) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock No. 28861-MAG of 12 August 2002:  Reglamento de Registro y Control de Medicamentos Veterinarios (Regulations governing 
the registration and control of veterinary medicines).  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Upon publication of the Directive ( Directriz ) 
SENASA-DG-D0002-2010 in Official Journal La Gaceta  No. 29. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  11 February 2010. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Si x months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  11 February 2010. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable. 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] 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 en  Medidas Sanitarias y Fitosanitarias 
Apartado Postal 70-3006 
Barreal de Heredia, Costa Rica 
Tel.: +(506) 22 60 83 00, Ext. 2065 Fax: +(506) 22 62 78 31 E-mail: notificaciones@sfe.go.cr Website: http://www.senasa.go.cr/