WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CRI/124 
14 October 2011 
 (11-5052) 
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,  Departamento de Reglamentación Técnica  
(Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Tr ade, Technical Regulation Department) 
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 67.100.99 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  RTCR 454:2011 
Reglamento Técnico para leche condensada  (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) 
No. 454:2011 for condensed milk) (17 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Regulation applies to condensed milk intended for 
direct consumption or further processing an d defined as such under Section 3.1 of this 
Regulation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer information G/TBT/N/CRI/124 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- Decreto Ejecutivo  (Executive Decree) of the Ministry of the Economy, Industry 
and Trade No. 26012-MEIC of 15 April 1997, Costa Rican Technical Regulation 
(RTCR) No. 100:1997:  Etiquetado de los Alimentos Preenvasados (Labelling of 
pre-packaged foods) and amendments thereto, published in La Gaceta  (Official 
Journal) No. 91 of 14 May 1997; 
- Executive Decree of the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade 
No. 30256-MEIC-S of 15 January 2002, Costa Rican Technical Regulation 
(RTCR) No. 135:2002:  Etiquetado Nutricional de los Alimentos Preenvasados 
(Nutrition labelling of pre-packaged foods), published in Official Journal No. 71 of 
15 April 2002; 
- Executive Decree of the Ministry of Forei gn Trade and Ministry of the Economy, 
Industry and Trade No. 33371-COMEX-MEIC of 10 August 2006 issuing 
Resolution No. 168-2006 (Council of Ministers for Economic Integration 
(COMIECO) XLIX), Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 01.01.11:06:  Cantidad de Producto en Preempacados  (Quantity of product in 
pre-packages), published in Official Journal No. 194 of 10 October 2006; 
- Executive Decree of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Ministry of the Economy, 
Industry and Trade and Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock 
No. 35485-COMEX-S-MEIC-MAG of 15 June 2009 issuing Resolution No. 243-2009 (COMIECO LV), Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.50:08:  Alimentos.  Criterio Microbiológico para la inocuidad de los 
alimentos  (Foods.  Microbiological criteria for food safety), published in 
Official Journal No. 184 of 22 September 2009; 
- Executive Decree of the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade 
No. 36463-MEIC of 26 November 2010, Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 443:2010:  Metrología.  Unidades de Medida.  Sistema 
Internacional (SI)  (Metrology.  Measurement units.  International System (SI)), 
published in Official Journa l No. 56 of 21 March 2011. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date of publication in the Official Journal 
La Gaceta 
Six months after publication in the Official 
Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of notification  G/TBT/N/CRI/124 
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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 the other body: 
TBT Enquiry Point 
San José, Costa Rica Apartado postal 10216-1000 Tel.: +(506) 2235-2700, Ext. 206 Fax: +(506) 2297-1439 
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/RTCR_454_lechecondomc.pdf  and 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/tbt/CRI/11_3342_00_s.pdf