. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/103 
25 November 2010 
 (10-6309) 
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.  Departamento de Reglamentación Técnica  
(Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Tr ade, Technical Regulation Department) 
Tel.: +(506) 2235 2700 Ext. 206 or  +(506) 2235 8192 
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 Tel.: +(506) 2235 2700, Ext. 206 
Fax: +(506) 2297 1439 
E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr
 
Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 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):   Classification for 
Standards (ICS) code 01.060 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Costa Rican 
Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 443:2010:  Metrología.  Unidades de Medidas.  Sistema 
Internacional (SI)  (Metrology.  Measurement Units.  In ternational System (SI).) (29 pages, 
in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The Regulation's purpose is to define and publicize the 
magnitudes, measurement units and symbols of  units under the International System of 
Units (SI) and other units outside that system , which have been recognized by the General 
Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM), and to standardize and establish a common idiom, in response to current requirements and trends, for the different scientific/technological, commercial, industria l, agricultural and educational activities. G/TBT/N/CRI/103 
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   The Technical Regulation will be mandatory for all activities involving the description, 
mention and use of measurement units.  Howeve r, it has no implications for other units, not 
defined therein, but which are covered by inte rnational agreements or  conventions between 
governments in the areas of maritime and air navigation.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
Consumer information 
8. Relevant documents:  
- Bureau International des Poids et Mesur es.  The International System of Units .  
8th edition, BIPM.  2006. 
- France.  Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology.  JCGM 200:  2008.  
International vocabulary of metrology - B asic and general concepts and associated 
terms (VIM).  BIPM:  2008. 
- International Council for Science:  Committee on Data for Science and 
Technology.  CODATA Internationally recommended values of the Fundamental Physics Constants.  2006. 
- France.  Organisation Interna tionale de Métrologie Légale.  Recommendation 
Internationale OIML RI 22 Edition 1973 (F) .  Alcoométrie.  Tables 
alcoolimétriques internationales .  OIML:  1973. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }As from the date of publication in the 
Official Journal La Gaceta . 
10. Final date for comments:   No time-limit 
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: 
WTO TBT Enquiry Point 
San José, Costa Rica 
Apartado postal 10216-1000 Tel.: +(506) 2235 2700 Ext. 206 Fax: +(506) 2297 1439 Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr/
 
E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr  
 The full text of the Regulation is available at: 
http://www.reglatec.go.cr/consu lta/443unidadesdemedida.pdf
 
and: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/CRI/10_4332_00_s.pdf