. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/58 
21 December 2006 
 
 (06-6106) 
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:  REPUBLIC OF 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, or 
 (+506) 297 1439 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and web site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
Centro de Información de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio (TBT Enquiry Point) 
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio - MEIC Apartado Postal 10216-1000  Tel.: +(506) 235 2700, ext. 206/203 Fax: +(506) 297 1439 
E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr 
Web site: http://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):   ICS: 71.100 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  RTCA 71.03.45:06 
Productos Cosméticos.  Cosméticos .  Verificación de la Calidad  (Central American 
Technical Regulation (RTCA) 71.03.45:06  Cosmetic Products.  Cosmetics.  Quality 
Control) (6 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this Regulation is to establish the analytical 
control tests which must be carried out to verify the quality of cosmetics and assure the community that the initial characteristics of cosmetics are maintain ed in accordance with 
their formulation. 
 The provisions of this Regulation apply to all cosmetics, whether imported from 
third countries or manufactured in Central American countries. G/TBT/N/CRI/58 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Prevention of practices likely to deceive the consumer and protection of human 
health. 
8. Relevant documents: 
The United States Pharmacopeia 29 and the National Formulary 24.  Twenty-Eighth 
Edition.  The United States Pharmacopeial Convention Inc. USA. 2006.  
CTFA Technical Guidelines. Microbiology Guidelines.  Washington D.C., USA. 
November 2001.  
Consolidated Text, CONSLEG:  1976L0768.  Pr oduced by the CONSLEG system of the 
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.  15/10/2003. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
Six months after adoption. 
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 web site add resses, if available, of other body:  
Centro de Información OTC (TBT Enquiry Point) 
Web site: http://www.reglatec.go.cr 
E-mail:  crotc@meic.go.cr 
San José, Costa Rica Tel.:  (+506) 235 2700, Ext. 221 or 203 Fax:  (+506) 297 1439 or (+506) 236 7192  
Full text available at: 
http://www.reglatec.go.cr/descargas/RTCA_Ver ificación_de_la_Calid ad_Productos_Cosmé
ticos_CRnov2006.pdf