. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/97 
7 December 2009 
 (09-6268) 
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, Órgano de 
Reglamentación Técnica  (Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade, Technical 
Regulation Body) 
Tel.:  (506) 2235-2700, Ext. 203 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 
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio - MEIC 
Apartado Postal 10216-1000, San José 
Tel.:  (506) 2235-2700, Ext. 264 Fax:  (506) 2297-1439 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 67.040 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCR 426:2009: 
Preparados para Lactantes  (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 426:2009: 
Infant formula) (27 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation establishes the compositional, 
quality and safety requirements for infant formula.   It applies to infant formula in liquid or 
powder form that is to be used, where necessar y, as a breast milk substitute to satisfy the 
normal nutritional needs of infants. 
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/97 
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  8. Relevant documents: 
1. Decreto Ejecutivo  (Executive Decree) No. 26012-MEIC, 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. 
2.   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 food), published in Official Journal No. 71 of 15 April 2002. 
3.   Law No. 7430:  Fomento de la Lactancia Materna  (Promotion of breast-feeding), 
published in Official Journal No. 200 of 21 October 1994. 
4.  Executive Decree No. 22268-MEIC, Cost a Rican Standard (NCR) No. 148:1993: 
Metrología:  Contenido Neto de Preempacados (Metrology:  Net contents of 
pre-packaged goods) and amendments thereto, of 7 June 1993, published in Official Journal No. 132 of 13 July 1993. 
5.   Executive Decree No. 31595-S:  Reglamento de Notificación de Materias Primas, 
Registro Sanitario, Importación, Desalmacenaje y Vigilancia de Alimentos 
(Regulations on the notification of raw materials and the sanitary registration, 
importation, customs clearance and monitoring of foodstuffs) and amendments thereto, of 2 December 2003, published in Official Journal No. 16 of 23 January 2004. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }Upon publication in the Official Journal.  
Six months after publication in the Official 
Journal.  
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the date of notification. 
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 
Tel.:  (506) 2235-2700, Ext. 264 
Fax:  (506) 2297-1439 or (506) 2235-8192 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/rtcr-426-09.pdf  
and http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2009/tbt/cri/09_4230_00_s.pdf