. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/72 
5 February 2008 
 (08-0546) 
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 , MEIC (Ministry of the Economy, Industry 
and Trade) Departamento de Reglamentación Técnica  (Technical Regulation Department) 
Tel.:  +(506) 235-2700, ext. 221, or +(506) 235-8192 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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:  
TBT Enquiry Point 
Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade, MEIC 
Apartado Postal 10216-1000, San José Tel.:  (+506) 235-2700, Ext. 221 Fax:  (+506) 235-8192 E-mail:  crotc@meic.go.cr  Web site: 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 17.100.01 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   RTCR 409:2008, 
Reglamento de límites máximos microbiológicos y de residuos de medicamentos y 
contaminantes para los productos y subproductos de  la pesca y de la acuicultura destinados 
al consumo humano  (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 409:2008:  Regulation 
establishing the maximum microbiological and r esidue limits for veterinary drugs and 
contaminants in fishery and aquaculture prod ucts and by-products for human consumption) 
(13 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Regulation seeks to establish the maximum 
permissible limits for toxic waste and the micr obiological count for fishery and aquaculture 
products and by-products market ed for human consumption. G/TBT/N/CRI/72 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Protection of human life and health. 
8. Relevant documents:  
- Decreto Ejecutivo No. 29210-MAG-MEIC-S , Reglamento técnico límites máximos 
permitidos para residuos tóxicos y recuento  microbiológico para los productos y 
subproductos de la pesca para el consumo humano (Executive Decree 
No. 29210-MAG-MEIC-S:  Technical Regulation establishing the maximum 
permissible limits for toxic waste and the mi crobiological count for fishery products and 
by-products for human consumption). 
- Decreto Ejecutivo No. 32327-S, Reglamento para la Calidad del Agua Potable 
(Executive Decree No. 32327-S:  Regulation governing drinking water quality). 
- Ley 8945, Ley General del Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal  (Law No. 8945:  General 
Law governing the National Animal Health Service). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
One month after 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 web-site addresses, if available of the other body: 
TBT Enquiry Point 
San José, Costa Rica E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr 
Web site: http://www.reglatec.go.cr 
Tel.: +(506) 235-2700, Exts. 221 or 203 Fax: +(506) 297-1439/236-7192 Full text available online at: http://www.reglatec.go.cr/propuestas/ReglamentoLimitesMicrobiologicoPesca.pdf