. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CRI/127 
13 February 2012 
 (12-0815) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   COSTA RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio  (Ministry of the Economy, Industry and 
Trade) Departamento de Reglamentación Técnica  (Technical Regulation Department) 
Tel.:  (+506) 2291-2115, Ext. 206, or (+506) 2291-2015 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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, San José 
Tel.:  (+506) 2291-2115, Ext. 206 Fax:  (+506) 2291-2015 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 67.160.10 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCA 67.01.05:11, 
Bebidas Alcohólicas.  Bebidas Alcohólicas  Fermentadas.  Requisitos de Etiquetado  
(Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA)  No. 67.01.05:11:  Alcoholic beverages.  
Fermented alcoholic beverag es.  Labelling requirements) (8 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation establishes the labelling 
requirements to be met by pre-packaged fermented alcoholic beverages for human 
consumption.  It applies to the labelling of  all fermented alcoholic beverages, pure or 
mixed, in their final presentation unit and ma rketed within the Central American area. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Food safety. G/TBT/N/CRI/127 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
(a) CODEX General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods:  CODEX 
STAN 1-1985 (Rev. 1-1991 and amended by the 23
rd, 24th, 26th and 28th Sessions, 
1999, 2001, 2003 and 2005); 
(b) Norma de Bebidas Alcohólicas.  Etiquet ado.  Parte 1:  Etiquetado de Bebidas 
Destiladas, COGUANOR NGO 33 002 h1:99  (Guatemalan Standards Commission 
(COGUANOR) Mandatory Standard (NGO)  No. 33 002 h1:99:  Alcoholic 
beverages.  Labelling.  Part 1:  Labelling of distilled beverages). 
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 and e-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body: 
TBT Enquiry Point 
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio, MEIC 
Apartado Postal 10216-1000 
San José, Costa Rica Tel.: (+506) 2291-2115, Ext. 206 Fax: (+506) 2291-2015 E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr  
Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr  
 
The full text of the document is available at:  http://www.reglatec.go.cr/consulta/RTCA_67-
01-05-11_ETIQUETADOBEBIDASFERMENTADAS.pdf