. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/46 
31 July 2006 
 (06-3655) 
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) 
Dirección de Mejora Regulatoria y  Reglamentación Técnica (Regulatory Improvement and 
Technical Regulation Directorate) 
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 
Tel.:  + (506) 235-2700, ext. 221/203 
Fax:  + (506) 297-1439 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):   ICS:  71.100 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Central American 
Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 71.01.36:06 Productos Cosméticos. Etiquetado de 
Productos Cosméticos (Cosmetic products.  Labelling of co smetic products) (6 pages, in 
Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This regulation lays down the requirements as to what information 
must be included on the labels of cosmetic products of any capacity, so as to prevent their 
use from posing a risk to health.   
 This regulation does not apply to cosmetic  products used exclusively in the hotel 
trade. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Protection of human health a nd life and consumer protection. 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   CONSLEG: 1976L0768.  List of the substances which cosmetic 
products must not contain, except subject to the restrictions and conditions laid down (by 
the European Union). 
 Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Organi zation (CTFA), International Cosmetic 
Ingredient Dictionary and Handbook. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
Six months after publication of the COMIECO 
(Council of Ministers for Central American Economic Integration) Resolution. 
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:   
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio - MEIC 
Apartado Postal. 10216-1000 Tel.:  + (506) 235-2700, ext. 221/203 
Fax:  + (506) 297-1439 
E-mail:  crotc@meic.go.cr  Web site: www.reglatec.go.cr  
The full text of the document is available at:  http://www.reglatec.go.cr/descargas/RTCA _71_01_36_06_Etique tado_Prod_Cosmeticos. 
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