. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/87 
16 February 2009 
 (09-0773) 
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 , MEIC (Ministry of the Economy, Industry 
and Trade) 
Dirección de Mejora Regulatoria y Reglamentación Técnica  (Regulatory Improvement and 
Technical Regulation Directorate) Tel.: +(506) 2235-2700, ext. 264 Fax: +(506) 2297-1439 
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, 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) 2235-2700, ext. 264 
Fax:  +(506) 2297-1439 
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):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) Code 65.100 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   RTCR 427:2009.  
Reglamento Técnico de Límites Máximos de Residuos de Plaguicidas en Vegetales 
(Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 427:2009 on Maximum Residue Limits 
(MRLs) for pesticides in plan ts) (6 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation establishes the Maximum 
Residue Limits (MRLs) authorized at nationa l level for pesticides and their metabolites in 
the various plant crops for human and animal consumption. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human life and health.  G/TBT/N/CRI/87 
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  8. Relevant documents: 
• Executive Decree ( Decreto Ejecutivo ) No. 27683 MAG-MEIC-S, Laboratorio para el 
análisis de residuos de sustancias químicas y biológicas de uso en la agricultura para 
consumo humano y animal (Laboratory for the analysis of residues of chemical and 
biological substances used in agricultu re for human and animal consumption), 
published on 19 May 1998.  
• Executive Decree No. 27056 MAG-MEIC, Toma de muestras  para análisis  de 
residuos de sustancias químicas y afines de uso agrícola en los cultivos de vegetales  
(Sampling for analysis of residues of ch emicals and related substances used in 
agriculture for plant crops), published on 5 January 1998. 
• WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  
("SPS Agreement"), which entered into force on 1 January 1995. 
• Ley General de Protección Fitosanitario  (General Law on plant protection) No. 7674 
published on 8 April 1997. 
• Regulation ( Reglamento ) No. 33495-MAG-S-MINAE-MEIC, Registro, Uso y Control 
de Plaguicidas Sintéticos Formulados , Ingrediente Activo Grado Técnico, 
Coadyuvantes y Sustancias  Afines de Uso Agrícola  (Registration, use and control of 
synthetic formulated pesticides, technical-g rade active ingredients, co-formulants and 
related substances for agricultural u se), published on 10 January 2007. 
• Codex Alimentarius Standard on Pesticide Residues in Food  
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/mrls/pestdes/jsp/pest_q-s.jsp
 of 9 April 2008. 
Consulted on 11 August 2008. 
• MRL Standard of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); 
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/food/viewtols.htm . 2005 CFR-Title 20, Vol. 23. 
Consulted on 11 August 2008. 
• Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
23 February 2005 on Maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of 
plant and animal origin , in force at the time of import. 
http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/es/lvb/l21289.htm .  Consulted on 11 August 2008. 
• www.codexalimentarius.net .  Consulted on 11 August 2008. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }Upon publication in the Official Journal, 
La Gaceta 
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, E-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body: 
TBT Enquiry Point 
San José, Costa Rica 
Tel.: +(506) 2235-2700, Ext. 264 
Fax: +(506) 2297-1439 E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr
 
The full text of the text is available at: 
http://www.reglatec.go.cr/consulta/rtc-427-2008.pdf 
and http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2009/tbt/cri/09_0544_00_s.pdf