. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CRI/50 
29 September 2006 
 (06-4644)  
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures  Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COSTA RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, Servicio Fitosanitario del 
Estado  (Ministry of Agriculture and Livest ock, State Phytosanitary Service) 
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): Propagation material (other than botanical seeds) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
 Trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document: Guía Técnica ARF 02: 
Requisitos Fitosanitarios para la Impo rtación de Material  Vegetal Propagativo   (Technical 
Document on High Phytosanit ary Risk No. 02: Phytosan itary requirements for the 
importation of plant propagation material)  ( 106 pages, in Spanish) (Last updated July 2006). 
6. Description of content:  Phytosanitary requirements for the importation of propagation 
material (other than botanical  seeds), such as seedlings, bulbs, corms, roots, rhizomes, 
stems, stalks, shoots, tubers, cutti ngs, slips or twigs, buds, layers, in vitro  plants and any 
other material used for plant propagation.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,   
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests  
  
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE),  [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which thes e are available: Reglamento Técnico 
RTCR:379:2000: Procedimientos para la aplicac ión de requisitos fitosanitarios para la 
importación de plantas, productos vegetales  y otros capaces de transportar plagas  (Costa 
Rican Technical Regulation RT CR:379:2000:  Procedures for the implementation of 
phytosanitary requirements for the importation of plants, plant produc ts and other plant 
material capable of harbouring pests);  Decreto  (Decree) No. 29473-MEIC-MAG of the 
Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade (MEIC) and Ministry of Agriculture and 
Livestock (MAG), publishe d in Official Journal La Gaceta No. 93 on 16 May 2001. G/SPS/N/CRI/50 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  60 days as from the date of notification. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  60 days as from the date of notification. 
12. Final date for comments:  60 days as from the date of notification. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] Na tional notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado 
Centro de Información y Notificación en  Medidas Sanitarias y Fitosanitarias 
Apartado Postal 70-3006 Barreal de Heredia Costa Rica 
Tel.: (506) 260-8300, Ext. 2065 
Fax: (506) 260-7831 E-mail: notificaciones@protecnet.go.cr