. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/100 
7 May 2010 
 (10-2581) 
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: 
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   
(Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade) 
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 65.020.20 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   RTCA 65.05.53:10:  
Insumos Agropecuarios.  Requisitos para la  producción y comercialización de semilla 
certificada de granos básicos y soya (Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) 
No. 65.05.53:10:  Agricultural inputs.  Requi rements for the production and marketing of 
certified staple grain and soya seeds) (22 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Regulation seeks to lay down the field and laboratory 
requirements, procedures and standards appli cable to the production and marketing of 
certified staple grain (rice, beans, sorghum, co rn) and soya seeds.  It applies to foundation 
(or basic), registered and certified seed of rice,  beans, sorghum, corn and soya intended for 
production and marketing in Central American countries. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of plant health.  G/TBT/N/CRI/100 
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  8. Relevant documents: 
• International Rules for Seed Testing (International Seed Testing Association, 
ISTA); 
• Proyecto regional de estandarización de políticas y regulaciones en semillas 
(OIRSA-BM) (Regional project for the standardization of policies and regulations 
on seeds, Regional International Organiza tion for Plant Protection and Animal 
Health (OIRSA) and the World Bank); 
• Genetic and Crop Standards  (Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies, 
AOSCA). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }To be determined  
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 website addresses,  if available, of other body: 
TBT Enquiry Point 
San José, Costa Rica 
Tel.: (+506) 2235-2700, Ext. 264 Fax: (+506) 2297-1439 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/semillas-2010.pdf  
and http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2010/tbt/cri/10_1867_00_s.pdf