WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CRI/97 
20 December 2010 
 (10-6824) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  COSTA RICA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Salud  (Ministry of Health) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Pesticides.  Pesticides for domestic  and professional use (International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 65.100) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners [ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  RTCA 65.03.57:10, Plaguicidas.  Plaguicidas de uso 
doméstico y de uso profesional .  Requisitos de etiquetado (Central American Technical 
Regulation (RTCA) No. 65.03.57:10:  Pesticid es.  Pesticides for domestic and professional 
use.  Labelling requirements). 
Text available online in Spanish at:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/CRI/10_4584_00_s.pdf  
Language:  Spanish  Number of pages:  19 
6. Description of content:  The aim of the notified Regulation is to establish the information 
and specifications that must appear on the labe ls of pesticides for domestic and professional 
use.  It applies to the labels of pesticid es for domestic and professional use, in their 
different formulations and presentations, ma rketed in Central American countries. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[X] None G/SPS/N/CRI/97 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
• Guidelines on Good Labelling Practice for Pesticides , Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome 1995; 
• Norma COGUANOR NGO 44 063.  Plaguicidas.  Rotulado para los productos de uso 
casero  (Guatemalan Standards Commissi on (COGUANOR) Mandatory Standard 
(NGO) No. 44 063:  "Pesticides.  Labelling of household products"); 
• Norma COGUANOR NGO 44 052.  Plaguicidas.  Etiquetado de plaguicidas químicos 
formulados para uso en la agricultura. 2ª.  Revisión  (Guatemalan Standards 
Commission (COGUANOR) Mandatory Standard  (NGO) No. 44 052:  "Pesticides.  
Labelling of chemical pesticides form ulated for use in agriculture", 2nd Revision); 
• Norma para la Clasificación Toxicológica  y Etiquetado de Plaguicidas de uso 
Doméstico y en Salud Pública.  Norm a Técnica Obligatoria Nicaragüense 
NTON 02 003-98  (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard 
(NTON) No. 02003-98:  "Standard for toxi cological classification and labelling of 
pesticides for household use and in public health"); 
• Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-046-SSA1- 1993, Plaguicidas-Productos para uso 
doméstico -etiquetado  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-046-SSA1-1993:  
"Pesticides - Products for domestic use - Labelling"); 
• Reglamento de Costa Rica, Decreto 30045-S  (Costa Rican Regulation, Decree 
No. 30045-S); 
• Manual sobre elaboración y empleo de la s especificaciones de la FAO y de la 
OMS para plaguicidas.  Espec ificaciones para plaguicidas  (Manual on Development 
and Use of FAO and WHO Specifications for Pesticides), Rome 2004; 
• Requerimientos de etiquetado para productos empacados, Organización 
Internacional de Metrología Legal, OIML R79/1997  (International Organization of 
Legal Metrology, OIML R79/1997:  "L abelling requirements for prepackaged 
products"; 
• The WHO Recommended Classification by Hazard and Guidelines to 
Classification 2004 .  Corrigenda published by 12 April 2005 incorporated.  
International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Date of publication in the Official Journal 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be  determined 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  G/SPS/N/CRI/97 
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  12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  18 February 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Salud 
Dirección de Regulación de la Salud Website: http://www.ministeriodesalud.go.cr/i ndex.php/inicio-menu-principal-proyectos-
propuesta-ms 
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Centro de Información y Notificación en  Medidas Sanitarias y Fitosanitarias 
Apartado Postal 70-3006 
Barreal de Heredia Costa Rica Tel: +(506) 2260-8300, Ext. 2065 Fax: +(506) 2262-7831 
E-mail: notificaciones@sfe.go.cr 
Website: http://www.sfe.go.cr