WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/85 
9 February 2009 
 (09-0618) 
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 67.100.10 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCR 423:2008 
Leche en Polvo (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (R TCR) No. 423:2008:  Milk powder) 
(14 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regul ation concerns milk powder 
intended for direct consumption or further pr ocessing.  It does not apply to milk powder 
blended with vegetable fat. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human life and hea lth, and consumer information.  G/TBT/N/CRI/85 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- Decreto Ejecutivo  (Executive Decree) No. 22268-MEIC, Costa Rican Standard (NCR) 
No. 148:1993:  Metrología:  contenido neto  de productos preempacados  (Metrology:  
net contents of pre-packaged products)  and amendments thereto, published in 
La Gaceta  (Official Journal) No. 132 of 13 July 1993; 
- Executive Decree No. 23355-MEIC, Costa Rican Standard (NCR) No. 26:1994:  
Metrología, Sistema Internacional de Unidades (SI)  (Metrology:  International system 
of units) and amendments thereto, pub lished in Official Journal No. 114 of 
15 June 1994; 
- Executive Decree No. 26012-MEIC, Cost a Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) 
No. 100:1997:  Etiquetado de los Alimentos Preenvasados  (Labelling of pre-packaged 
foods) and amendments thereto, published in  Official Journal No. 91 of 14 May 1997; 
- Executive Decree No. 30256-MEIC-S, Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) 
No. 135:2002:  Etiquetado Nutricional de los Alimentos Preenvasados  (Nutrition 
labelling of pre-packaged foods) and amen dments thereto, published in Official 
Journal No. 71 of 15 April 2002; 
- Executive Decree No. 31595-S:  Reglamento de Notificación de Materias Primas, 
Registro Sanitario, Importación, Desalmacenaje y Vigilancia de Alimentos  
(Regulation on the notification of raw ma terials and the sanitary registration, 
importation, customs clearance and mon itoring of foodstuffs) and amendments 
thereto, published in Official Journal No. 16 of 23 January 2004; 
- Executive Decree No. 33288-MEIC-MAG-S,  Costa Rican Technical Regulation 
(RTCR) No. 395:2006:  Para el Uso de Términos Lecheras  (Use of dairy terms) and 
amendments thereto, published in Official Journal No. 164 of 28 August 2006; 
- Executive Decree No. 33371-COMEX-MEIC.  Resolution No. 168-2006 
(COMIECO XLIX):  Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) 
No. 01.01.11:06:  Cantidad de Producto en Preempacados  (Quantity of product in 
pre-packages) and amendments  thereto, published in Official Journal No. 194 of 
10 October 2006; 
- Executive Decree No. 33812 MEIC-MAG- S, Costa Rican Technical Regulation 
(RTCR) No. 401-2006:  Leche cruda y leche higienizada  (Raw milk and processed 
milk) and amendments thereto,  published in Official Journal No. 112 of 12 June 2007. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 Proposed date of entry into force:   Upon publication in the Official Journal  
Six months' validity following publication in 
the Official Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of notification  G/TBT/N/CRI/85 
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  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 E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr 
Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr 
Tel.:  (+506) 2235-2700, Ext. 264 Fax:  (+506) 2297-1439 or 2235-7192  The full text of the text is available online at: 
http://www.reglatec.go.cr/consulta/rtc-423-2008.pdf
 
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