WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/CRI/18 
12 March 2007 
 
 (07-1040) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 2 March 2007, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Costa Rica .  The notification concerns the use of special safeguard provisions 
(Table MA:5 ) for the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005  and 2006 . 
 
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 Pursuant to Article 5 of the Agreement on Ag riculture, the Government of Costa Rica hereby 
notifies that it did not take any volume-based or pr ice-based special agricultural safeguard action in 
2004, 2005 or 2006.  The safeguard actions taken in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 appear below. 
  
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Page 2 Table MA:5 
MARKET ACCESS:  Costa Rica  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2000  
 
Annual Summary of Special Safeguard Actions Taken  
 
Tariff item number Description of product Whether volume-based ac tion taken during period Whethe r price-based action taken duri ng period 
1 2 3 4 
0713.33.10 Common black beans None 20001 
1006.10.90 Rice in the husk None 20002 
1006.20.00 Husked rice None 20002 
1006.30.00 Semi-milled or polished rice None 20002 
 
1 Executive Decree No. 28363-MAG-COMEX of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) and Ministry of Foreign Trade (COMEX),  published in Official 
Journal La Gaceta  No. 250 of 24 December 1999, extending the SSG implemented on 7 May 1999 pursu ant to Executive Decree No . 27843-MAG-COMEX, pub lished 
in La Gaceta  No. 88 of 7 May 1999. 
 
2 Executive Decree No. 28256-MAG-MEIC-COMEX of the Ministry of Agriculture an d Livestock (MAG), Ministry of the Economy, Industr y and Trade (MEIC) and 
Ministry of Foreign Trade (COMEX), published in La Gaceta  No. 221 of 15 November 1999. 
 
  
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  Page 3Table MA:5 
MARKET ACCESS:  Costa Rica  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2001  
 
Annual Summary of Special Safeguard Actions Taken  
 
Tariff item number Description of product Whether volume-based ac tion taken during period Whethe r price-based action taken duri ng period 
1 2 3 4 
0713.33.10 Common black beans None 20011 
1006.10.90 Rice in the husk None 20012 
1006.20.00 Husked rice None 20012 
1006.30.00 Semi-milled or polished rice None 20012 
 
1 Executive Decree No. 29195-MAG -MEIC-COMEX, published in La Gaceta  No. 247 of 26 December 2000, establishing a second extension until 30 June 2001 of the 
SSG implemented on 7 May 1999. 
 
2 Executive Decree No. 29066-MAG -COMEX-MEIC, published in La Gaceta  No. 219 of 15 November 2000, extending the SSG implemented on 15 November 1999 
pursuant to Executive Decree No. 28256-MAG-MEIC-COMEX, published in La Gaceta  No. 221 of 15 November 1999. 
  
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Page 4 Table MA:5 
MARKET ACCESS:  Costa Rica  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2002  
 
Annual Summary of Special Safeguard Actions Taken  
 
Tariff item number Description of product Whether volume-based ac tion taken during period Whethe r price-based action taken duri ng period 
1 2 3 4 
1006.10.90 Rice in the husk None 20021 
1006.20.00 Husked rice None 20021 
1006.30.00 Semi-milled or polished rice None 20021 
 
1 Executive Decree No. 30068-MAG-COMEX-MEIC of 20 November 2001, published in La Gaceta  No. 10 of 15 January 2002, establishing a second extension of the 
SSG implemented on 15 November 1999 pursuant to Executive Decree No. 28256-MAG-MEIC-COMEX, published in La Gaceta  No. 221 of 15 November 1999.  The 
latter Decree was repealed by Execu tive Decree No. 30262, published in La Gaceta  No. 71 of 15 April 2002.  This SSG therefore remained in place until 
11 March 2002. 
 
  
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MARKET ACCESS:  Costa Rica  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2003  
 
Annual Summary of Special Safeguard Actions Taken  
 
Tariff item number Description of product Whether volume-based ac tion taken during period Whethe r price-based action taken duri ng period 
1 2 3 4 
1006.10.90 Rice in the husk None 20031 
1006.20.00 Husked rice None 20031 
1006.30.00 Semi-milled or polished rice None 20031 
 
1 Executive Decree No. 30749-MAG- MEIC-COMEX, published in La Gaceta  No. 189 of 2 October 2002.  The sa feguard action remained in place until 
27 September 2003. 
 
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