. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/104 
10 December 2010 
 (10-6666) 
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) 235 2700, Ext. 221 or +(506) 235 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:  
Centro de Información de Obst áculos Técnicos al Comercio 
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio - 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 [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 code 65.100 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCA 65.03.57:10 
Plaguicidas.  Plaguicidas de uso doméstico y de uso profesional.  Requisitos de etiquetado  
(Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA)  No. 65.03.57:10:  "Pesticides.  Pesticides 
for domestic and professional use.  Labelling requirements") (19 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation establishes the information 
and specifications that are to appear on the labels of pesticides for domestic and 
professional use. 
It applies to the labels of pesticides for domestic and professional use in their different 
formulations and presentations. 
It does not apply to pesticides of botanical or microbiological origin. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
Protection of human health. G/TBT/N/CRI/104 
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8. Relevant documents:  
- Guidelines on Good Labelling Practice fo r Pesticides, Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome 1995; 
- Norma COGUANOR NGO 44 063.  Plaguicidas.  Rotulado para los productos de uso 
casero  (Guatemalan Standards Commissi on (COGUANOR) Mandatory Standard 
(NGO) No. 44 063:  "Pesticides.  Labelling of household products"); 
- Norma COGUANOR NGO 44 052.  Plaguicidas.  Etiquetado de plaguicidas químicos 
formulados para uso en la agricultura. 2ª Revisión  (Guatemalan Standards 
Commission (COGUANOR) Mandatory Standard  (NGO) No. 44 052:  "Pesticides.  
Labelling of chemical pesticides formulated  for use in agriculture", 2nd Revision); 
- Norma para la Clasificación Toxicológica y Etiquetado de Plaguicidas de Uso Doméstico 
y en Salud Pública.  Norma Técnica Ob ligatoria Nicaragüense NTON 02 003-98  
(Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 02 003-98:  "Standard for 
toxicological classification and labelling of p esticides for househol d and public health 
use"); 
- Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-046-SSA1-1 993, Plaguicidas-Productos para uso 
doméstico-etiquetado  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-046-SSA1-1993:  "Pesticides 
- Products for domestic use - Labelling"); 
- Reglamento de Costa Rica, Decreto 30045-S  (Costa Rican Regulation, 
Decree No. 30045-S); 
- Manual on Development and Use of FAO a nd WHO Specifications for Pesticides, 
Rome 2004; 
- Labelling Requirements for Prepackaged Prod ucts, International Or ganization of Legal 
Metrology, OIML R79/1997; 
- The WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard and Guidelines to 
Classification 2004.  Corrigenda published by 12 April 2005 incorporated.  
International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into 
force:   Date of publication in the Official Journal La Gaceta 
Six months after publication in the Official Journal 
La Gaceta  
10. Final date for comments:   60 days 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 the other body: 
Centro de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio 
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 is available at: 
http://www.reglatec.go.cr/consulta/etiquetadoplaguicidas.pdf  and 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/CRI/10_4593_00_s.pdf