. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/116 
11 April 2011 
 (11-1794) 
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 , MEIC  
(Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade) 
Dirección de Mejora Regulatoria y Reglamentación Técnica   
(Regulatory Improvement and Technical Regulation Directorate) 
Tel.: (506) 2235-2700, Ext. 206/203, or (506) 2297-1439 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Website 
addresses, if available) of agency or au thority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
Centro de Información de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio (TBT Enquiry Point) 
Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade Apartado Postal 10216-1000, San José 
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):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) Code 65.120 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCA 65.05.52:11, 
Productos utilizados en alimentación animal y establecimientos.  Requisitos de registro 
sanitario y control (Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 65.05.52:11:  
"Products used in animal feeding stuffs and establishments handling such products.  
Sanitary registration and control requirements") (25 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation establishes sanitary registration 
and control requirements for products used in an imal feeding stuffs and establishments that 
produce, market, repackage or store products used  in animal feeding stuffs marketed in the 
territory of the States parties. G/TBT/N/CRI/116 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health 
8. Relevant documents:  
(a) Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) 
(b) Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) (c) United States Department of Agriculture  (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service 
 (FSIS) 
(d) Guidelines for products used in anim al feeding stuffs, Food and Agriculture 
 Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 
(e) Codex Alimentarius (f) United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (g) World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (h) Feed Additive Compendium, United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 
(i) European Economic Community Directives 
(j) National list of veterinary drugs that ha ve been approved for use in feeding stuffs. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal 
La Gaceta 
Six months after publication in the Official 
Journal 
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 San José, Costa Rica Tel.: (+506) 2235-2700, Ext. 206 
Fax: (+506) 2297-1439 or (+506) 2236-7192 
E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr
 
Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr/  
 Full text available at: 
http://www.reglatec.go.cr/consulta/rtcr-65-05-52-11.pdf
 
and http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/tbt/CRI/11_1028_00_s.pdf