. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/89 
7 May 2009 
 (09-2247) 
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, or +(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:   Transparency. 
The notified regulation concerns the importati on of samples for research purposes and is not 
therefore based on purely commercial considerations. 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   – 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCR 433:2009: 
Reglamento para la importación de muestras  para investigación con Plaguicidas Sintéticos 
y no Sintéticos Formulados, Ingrediente Activo Grado Técnico, Sustancias Afines, 
Dispositivos físicos que c ontengan plaguicidas o sustanc ias afines incorporadas y 
Coadyuvantes de Uso Agrícola (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 433:2009: 
Regulation governing the importation of resear ch samples of synthetic and non-synthetic 
formulated pesticides, technical-grade activ e ingredients, related substances, devices 
containing incorporated pesticides or related substances, and co-formulants for agricultural 
use) (34 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/CRI/89 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation lays down the requirements for 
the importation and use of research samples of synthetic and non-synthetic formulated pesticides, technical-grade active ingredients,  related substances and co-formulants, as well 
as devices containing incorporated pesticides or  related substances for agricultural use for 
research purposes. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human and animal health and the environment.  
8. Relevant documents:  Reglamento, sobre Registro, Uso y Control de Plaguicidas 
Sintéticos Formulados, Ingrediente Activ o Grado Técnico, Coadyuvantes y Sustancias 
Afines de Uso Agrícola, Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 33495-MAG-S-MINAE-MEIC del 31 de 
octubre de 2006 (Regulation governing the registrati on, use and control of synthetic 
formulated pesticides, technical-grade activ e ingredients, co-formulants and related 
substances for agricultural use, Executiv e Decree No. 33495-MAG-S-MINAE-MEIC of 
31 October 2006). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }Upon publication in the Official Journal, 
La Gaceta 
10. Final date for comments:   Not applicable 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body: 
WTO TBT Enquiry Point 
San José, Costa Rica Tel.:  (+506) 2235-2700, ext. 221 Fax:  (+506) 2297-1439 or (+506) 2236-7192 E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr  
Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr 
 The full text of the Regulation is available at:  http://www.reglatec.go.cr/consulta/Decreto_muestras_experimentales_160108.pdf
 
and http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/tbt/cri/09_1626_00_s.pdf