WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CRI/40 
2 June 2005 
 
 (05-2249) 
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:  Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade, Regulatory 
Improvement and Technical Regulation Directorat e, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, 
State Phytosanitary Service, and Ministry of Health  
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):  Fresh cauliflower for consumption.  0704.10.00  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
Costa Rica's trading partners for these products  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document :  Costa Rican technical 
regulation RTC, 2005:  Technical Regulation on Fresh Cauliflower for Consumption, 
11 pages, in Spanish  
6. Description of content:  The regulation defines the quality, safety, packaging and labelling 
requirements for fresh domestic and imported cauliflower of botanical types Brassica 
oleracea  var.  Botrytis , for consumption in Costa Rica.  
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:   
 - Bolaños A, 1991.  "Coliflor. Programa de Hortalizas" (Cauliflower.  
Vegetable Programme), Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), 
pages 323-326.  In:  MAG 1991 " Aspectos técnicos sobre cuarenta y cinco cultivos agrícolas de Costa Rica" (Technical aspects of forty-five agricultural crops in Costa Rica), Technical Bulletin No. 74.  MAG, Directorate-General of Agricultural Research and Extension Services, San José, Costa Rica, 560 pages. G/SPS/N/CRI/40 
Page 2  
 
 9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  (cont'd)  
 - Carmona G, 2001.  "Rol de la te mperatura en el al macenamiento de 
productos frescos" (Role of temperature in the storage of fresh products).  www.mercanet.cnp.go.cr/calidad/postcosecha/guía-técnicas. 
 - Mc Gregor B, 1989.  Tropical Pr oducts Transport.  Agricultural Handbook 
Number 668, USDA, Office of Transportation, 148 pages. 
 - Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade (MEIC), Ministry of 
Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), National Production Council (CNP), 2003.  "Estudio de caracterización de coliflor en campo" (Cauliflower field study), MEIC, San José, Costa Rica.  Field study mimeo sheets. 
 - Mexico, 1982.  NMX-FF-049-1982, "Productos Alimenticios no 
Industrializados para Uso Humano – Hortalizas en Estado Fresco – Coliflor" (Non-industrialized Food Products for Human Use – Fresh Vegetables – Cauliflower), Ministry of  Trade and Industrial Development, 
Mexico City, 8 pages. 
 - Comprehensive Agricultural Marketing Programme (PIMA) – National 
Food Supply and Distribution Centre (CENADA), 2003.  " Guía N°6 para el manejo de la coliflor (Brassica oleracea var Botritys) a comercializar en el CENADA" (Manual No. 6 on the handling of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var Botritys) for marketing in the CENADA). PIMA-CENADA, San José, Costa Rica, 12 pages. 
 - PIMA-CENADA, 2001.  "Comercialización Hortifrutícola en CENADA.  
Manual de consulta" (Fruit and vege table marketing in the CENADA;  
Handbook), PIMA-CENADA, San José, Costa Rica, 49 pages. 
 - Rodrígues J.J.,  Saénz A., Marín S, Cerdas M.M., 2003.  " Determinación 
vida útil coliflor (Brassica oleracea var Botritys) bajo dos condiciones de 
almacenamiento" (Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var Botritys) shelf life 
determination under two cond itions of storage), CNP, San José, Costa Rica, 
Mimeo, 9 pages.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Three months' validity following publication in the 
Official Journal, La Gaceta  
12. Final date for comments:  60 days 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:         G/SPS/N/CRI/40 
 Page 3 
 
 
 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 de Protección Fitosanitaria del Estado 
 Centro de Información y Notificación en Medidas Sanitarias y Fitosanitarias 
 Apartado Postal 70-3006 
 Barreal de Heredia, Costa Rica  Tel.:  (506) 260-83-00 Ext.2065  Fax:  (506) 260-83-01  E-mail:  notificaciones@protecnet.go.cr