. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CRI/120 
13 July 2011 
 (11-3461) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   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) 
Dirección de Mejora Regulatoria y Reglamentación Técnica  
(Regulatory Improvement and Technical Regulation Directorate) 
Tel.: +(506) 2291-2115, Ext. 206 or +(506) 2291-2015 
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) 2291-2115, Ext. 206 Fax:  +(506) 2291-2015 E-mail:  crotc@meic.go.cr  
Website: 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):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 11.040 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   RTCR 451:2011, 
Metrología.  Instrumentos para la Medición de la Presión Arterial del Cuerpo Humano.  
Esfigmomanómetros Mecánicos No Invasivo s Tipo Aneroide, de Columna de Líquido 
Manométrico y Digitales  (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 451:2011:  
Metrology.  Devices for measuring human blood pressure.  Non-invasive mechanical 
sphygmomanometers - aneroid, manometric and digital) (22 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation is applicable to aneroid, 
manometric and digital sphygmomanometers fo r the indirect (non-invasive) measurement 
of blood pressure, which measure static pressure and are portable, fixed or connected to vital signs monitors. 
Note:  This Regulation does not apply to full y automated sphygmomanometers or to vital 
signs monitors which do not measure static pressure. G/TBT/N/CRI/120 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human life and health 
8. Relevant documents:  
- Reglamentación Internacional OIML R 16-1 "Esfigmomanómetros mecánicos no 
invasivos".  Edición 2002.  Versión ingles  (International Organization of Legal 
Metrology (OIML) International R ecommendation R 16-1:  "Non-invasive 
mechanical sphygmomanometers".  Edition 2002.  English version); 
- Norma Oficial Mexicana, NOM-099-SCFI- 1993, Instrumentos de medición.  
Esfigmomanómetros de columna de mercu rio y de elemento sensor elástico para 
medir la presión sanguínea del cuerpo humano  (Mexican Official Standard 
NOM-099-SCFI-1993:  Measuring instruments.  Mercury and aneroid 
sphygmomanometers for measuring human blood pressure); 
- Reglamentación Internacional OIML R 16-2 "Esfigmomanómetros digitales no 
invasivos".  Edición 2002.  Versión inglés (OIML International Recommendation 
R 16-2:  "Non-invasive automated sphygmomanometers".  Edition 2002.  English 
version); 
- Brazil.  Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalização e Qualidade Industrial , 
INMETRO (National Institute for Metrol ogy, Standardization and Industrial 
Quality).  Reglamento Técnico sobre esfigmomanómetros mecánicos  (Technical 
Regulation on mechanical sphygmomanometers), Portaria INMETRO No. 153 of 12 August 2005; 
- Brazil.  National Institute for Metrology , Standardization and Industrial Quality 
(INMETRO).  Reglamento Técnico Metrológi co sobre esfigmomanómetros 
digitales  (Metrological Technical Regulati on on digital sphygmomanometers), 
Portaria INMETRO No. 096 of March 2008.
  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date of publication in the Official Journal 
La Gaceta 
Date of 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, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
TBT Enquiry Point 
San José, Costa Rica Tel.: +(506) 2291-2115, Ext. 206 
Fax: +(506) 2291-2015 
E-mail:  crotc@meic.go.cr  
Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr/  
 
The full text of the document is available at: http://www.reglatec.go.cr/consulta/esfigmomanometros.pdf  and 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/tbt/CRI/11_2190_00_s.pdf