. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CRI/126 
13 February 2012 
 (12-0814) 
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 67.01.06:11, 
Bebidas Alcohólicas.  Bebidas Alc ohólicas Destiladas.  Requisitos de 
Etiquetado (Central American Technical Regulatio n (RTCA) No. 67.01.06:11:  Alcoholic 
beverages.  Distilled alcoholic beverages.  La belling requirements) (8 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation establishes the labelling 
requirements to be met by pre-packaged distilled alcoholic beverages for human 
consumption.  It applies to the labelling of a ll distilled alcoholic beverages, pure or mixed, 
in their final presentation unit and marketed within the Central American area. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Food safety. G/TBT/N/CRI/126 
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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 (N GO) 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-
01-06-11_ETIQUETADOBEBIDASDESTILADAS.pdf