. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/35 
17 November 2005 
 (05-5427) 
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 (Ministry of the Economy, Industry 
and Trade) Órgano de Reglamentación Técnica  (Technical Regulation Body) 
Tel.: (+506) 297-1439 or  
 (+506) 235-2700, ext. 265 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
TBT Enquiry Point 
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio - MEIC 
Apartado Postal 10216-1000 
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Clinical thermometers  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Costa Rican 
Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. ___: 2005. Metrologia. Instrumentos para la medición 
de temperatura del cuerpo humano. Termometros clínicos de líquido metálico en vidrio con 
dispositivo de máxima  (Metrology. Instruments for measuring the temperature of the human 
body. Metallic liquid-in-glass clinical thermome ters with maximum device)  (9 pages, in 
Spanish). 
6. Description of content: 
1. This Technical Regulation establishes th e metrological and technical requirements, 
metrological control and test methods for metallic  liquid-in-glass clinical thermometers with 
maximum device marketed in Costa Rica.  G/TBT/N/CRI/35 
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  Description of content:  (cont'd) 
2. Scope of application 
2.1 The Regulation applies to thermometers used for measuring the temperature of the 
human body. 
2.2 It does not cover thermometers for pr emature babies or ovulation thermometers. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Protection of health and prevention of practices likely to mislead or deceive the 
consumer. 
8. Relevant documents:  
International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) International Recommendation R7 - 
Clinical thermometers, mercury- in-glass with maximum device , 1979 Edition. 
OIML R7 Draft Recommendation - Clinical thermometers: Metallic liquid-in-glass 
thermometers with maximum device , June 2003 Revision. 
Brazilian Institute of Metrology, Standard ization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO), 
Portaria Inmetro No. 127/2001 - Regulamento Técnico Metrológico de Termômetros 
Clínicos de Mercúrio em Vidro  (Metrological Technical Regulation on mercury-in-glass 
clinical thermometers). 
International Organization for Standard ization (ISO) Standard 2859-1:1989. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined 
One year after publication in the Official 
Journal La Gaceta.  
10. Final date for comments:   60 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 Web site add resses, 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  Tel.:  (+506) 235-2700, ext. 206/203 Fax:  (+506) 297-1439 
E-mail:  crotc@meic.go.cr  
Web site: www.reglatec.go.cr