WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/51 
14 August 2006 
 (06-3880) 
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:  REPUBLIC OF 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), Dirección de 
Mejora Regulatoria y Reglamentación Técnica (Ministry of the Economy, Industry and 
Trade, Regulatory Improvement and Technical Regulation Directorate) 
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) 235-2700, ext. 206/203 
Fax: + (506) 297-1439 E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr  Website: 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Regulation governing 
the registration, use and control of synthetic formulated pesticides, technical grade active 
ingredients, co-formulants and related substa nces for agricultural use - International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 65.100 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Reglamento sobre 
Registro, Uso y Control de Plaguicidas Sint éticos Formulados, Ingredientes Activo Grado 
Técnico, Coadyuvantes y Sustancias Afines de Uso Agrícola   (Regulation governing the 
registration, use and control of synthetic fo rmulated pesticides, technical grade active 
ingredients, co-formulants and related substa nces for agricultural use) (146 pages, in 
Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Regulations, general principles and procedures governing the 
registration process, use and control of synthetic formulated pesticides, technical grade active ingredients, co-formulants and related substances for agricultural use, for the purpose 
of the approval of the sale and use thereof,  subject to an evaluation of scientific data 
sufficient to demonstrate that a product is e ffective for the purpose for which it is designed 
and that it does not present undue risks to h ealth or the environment when used in 
accordance with the recommendations for use.  G/TBT/N/CRI/51 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Protection of the environment and human health.  
8. Relevant documents:   
Guidelines on efficacy data for the regist ration of pesticides for plant protection . Rome, 
March 1985. 
Guidelines for the registration and control of pesticides (including a model scheme for the 
establishment of national organizations) . Rome, March 1985. 
Guidelines for legislation on the control of pesticides . Rome, October 1989. 
Guidelines - Initial introduction and subsequent development of a simple national pesticide 
registration and control scheme . Rome, August 1991. 
Manual on Development and Use of FAO and WHO Specifications for Pesticides . Rome, 
2004. 
International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides . Revised Version. 
Rome, 2003. 
Guidelines on pesticide residue trials to prov ide data for the registration of pesticides and 
the establishment of maximum residue limits . FAO, Rome. 1986.   
Annex I: OECD Test Guidelines for Studies Included in the SIDS.  Manual for Investigation 
of HPV chemicals . Available at: 
http://www.oecd.org/document/23/0,2340, en_2649_34379_19485 03_1_1_1_1,00.html. 
Guidance document on the assessment of the equivalence of technical materials of 
substances regulated under Council Directive 91/414/EEC, European Commission, Health 
& Consumer Protection Directorate-General,  Directorate D - Food Safety: Production and 
Distribution Chain, D3 - Chemicals, C ontaminants and Pesticides, April 2005. 
ECETOC (2003). (Q)SARs: Evaluation of the commercially available software for human 
health and environmental endpoints with respect to chemical management applications . 
ECETOC Technical Report No. 89. European Ce ntre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of 
Chemicals, Brussels. 
European Chemicals Bureau (ECB) (2003):  "Use of (Quantitative) Structure Activity 
Relationships ((Q)SARs)" in: Technical Guidance Document on Risk Assessment in support 
of Commission Directive 93/67/EEC on Risk Assessment for new notified substances, 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 on Risk Assessment for existing substances and Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament an d of the Council concerning the placing of 
biocidal products on the market , Part III, Chapter 4, European Commission, Joint Research 
Centre, Institute for Health and Consumer  Protection, European Chemicals Bureau. 
Tennant, R.W. and Ashby, J. (1991):  "Classification according to chemical structure, 
mutagenicity to Salmonella and level of carcinogenicity of a fu rther 39 chemicals tested for 
carcinogenicity by the U.S. National Toxicology Program",  Mutation Research 257, 
209-227. 
Ashby, J. and Tennant, R.W. (1991):  "Definitiv e relationships among chemical structure, 
carcinogenicity and mutagenicity for 302 chemicals tested by  the U.S. NTP",  Mutation 
Research 257, 229-306.  
Van den Berg, M. et al (1998):  "Toxic E quivalency Factors (TEFs) for PCBs, PCDDS, 
PCDFs for Humans and Wildlife",  Environmental Health Perspectives, 106 (12), 775-792.    G/TBT/N/CRI/51 
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  8. Relevant documents:  (cont'd)  
WHO/FAO (2005). Manual on Development and Use of FAO and WHO Specifications for 
pesticides. First edition, FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper 173. WHO and FAO, 
Rome.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal, La Gaceta de 
Costa Rica . 
Following publication in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments:   30 days as of 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:    
Centro de Información de Obst áculos Técnicos al Comercio 
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio - MEIC Apartado Postal 10216-1000, San José Tel.: + (506) 235-2700, ext. 206/203 Fax: + (506) 297-1439 
E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr  
Web site: www.reglatec.go.cr Full text available online at:  http://www.reglatec.go.cr/descargas/Reglamento_Plaguicidas.pdf