. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/79 
11 July 2008 
 (08-3361) 
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. 221 Fax: +(506) 2297-1439  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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) 2235-2700, Ext. 206/203 Fax: (+506) 2297-1439 
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):   International 
Classification fo r Standards (ICS) code 67.100 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  RTCR 417:2008: 
Mezclas de Leche en Polvo y Grasa Vegetal (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) 
No. 417:2008:  Blends of milk powder and vegetable fat) (15 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation seeks to establish the 
requirements for blends of milk powder and ve getable fat, intended for direct consumption 
or further processing. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Protection of human life and health. G/TBT/N/CRI/79 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- Decreto Ejecutivo  (Executive Decree) No. 22268-MEIC, NCR 148:1993:  Metrología: 
Contenido Neto de Productos Preempacados (Metrology:  Net conten ts of pre-packaged 
goods) and amendments thereto, published in La Gaceta  (Official Journal) No. 132 of 
13 July 1993; 
- Executive Decree No. 26012-MEIC, RTCR 100:1997:  Etiquetado de los Alimentos 
Preenvasados (Labelling of pre-packaged foods) and amendments thereto, published in 
Official Journal No. 91 of 14 May 1997; 
- Executive Decree No. 30256-MEIC-S, RTCR 135:2002:  Etiquetado Nutricional de los 
Alimentos Preenvasados (Nutritional labelling of pre-p ackaged food) and amendments 
thereto, published in Official Journal No. 71 of 15 April 2002; 
- Decreto  (Decree) No. 31595-S:  Reglamento de Notificación de Materias Primas, 
Registro Sanitario, Importación, Desalm acenaje y Vigilancia de Alimentos (Regulations 
on the notification of raw materials and the sanitary registration, importation, customs 
clearance and monitoring of foodstuffs) and am endments thereto, published in Official 
Journal No. 16 of 23 January 2004; 
- Executive Decree No. 33812 MEIC-MAG-S:  Leche Cruda y Leche Higienizada (Raw 
milk and processed milk) and amendments thereto, published in Official Journal 
No. 112 of 12 June 2007; 
- Executive Decree No. 33288 MEIC-MAG-S, RTCR 395-2006:  Para el Uso de 
Términos Lecheros  (Use of dairy terms), published in Official Journal No. 164 of 
28 August 2006; 
- Executive Decree No. S 29629:  Reglamento para el Enriquecimiento de la Leche de 
Ganado Vacuno  (Regulations on the enrichment of cow's milk), published in Official 
Journal No. 131 of 9 July 2001. 
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 as from the date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
TBT Enquiry Point 
San José, Costa Rica 
Web site: http://www.reglatec.go.cr E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr Tel.: (+506) 2235-2700, Ext. 221 Fax: (+506) 2297-1439 
The full text of the draft Regulation is available online at: 
http://www.reglatec.go.cr/propuestas/RTCR4172008.pdf and http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/tbt/cri/08_2064_00_s.pdf