G/SPS/N/CRI/220  
12 December  2019 
(19-8551) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: COSTA RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado, Ministerio de Agricultura y 
Ganadería  (State Phytosanitary Service, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): HS code 0602; ICS code 65.020.20  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Proyecto de Resolución para regular en plantas para 
plantar, excepto semillas, la plaga Diabrotica undecimpunctata Mannerheim 1843, en 
todos los hospedantes reportados y de todos los países en los que está presente la plaga  
(Draft Resolution regulating the pest Diabrotica undecimpunctata  Mannerheim 1843 in 
plants for planting , other than seeds , of all reported hosts and from all countries in which  
the pest is present) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages:  5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/CRI/19_7065_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Resolution establishes mandatory 
phytosanitar y measures for the importation of plants for planting (other than seeds) of 
all reported hosts of the pest Diabrotica undecimpunctata , originating in any country 
where the presence of the pest has been  reported.  
7. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safe ty, [   ] animal health, [  X ] plant 
protection, [    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] protect 
territory from other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentar ius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM No. ): 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No  G/SPS/N/CRI/220  
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  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication, 
and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): 10 February 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enqu iry Point. Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
Centro de Información y Notificación MSF   
Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado  (SFE) 
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería  (MAG) 
Email: puntocontactoMSF@sfe.go.cr  
Tel.: (+506) 2549 3407  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería  (MAG) 
Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado  (SFE) 
Centro de Información y Notificación en MSF  
Apartado postal 1521 - 1200 
San José, Costa Rica  
Tel.: (+506) 2549 3407  
Fax: (+506) 2549 3598  
Email: puntocontactoMSF@sfe.go.cr