. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/36 
11 January 2006 
 (06-0131) 
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:    
Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade,  
Technical Regulation Body 
Tel.: (+506) 297 1439 or (+506) 235 2700, ext. 265 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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:  
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  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):   HS Chapters 02-38 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Central American 
Technical Regulation No. 01.01.11:05.  Quantity of Product in Prepackages (21 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Regulation lays down the legal metrology requirements for 
prepackaged products (also known as prepackag ed or prepacked consumer goods) labelled 
in predetermined nominal quantities of mass, vol ume, linear measure, area or count, and the 
sampling procedures and plans to be used by legal metrology officials for verifying the quantity of product in prepackages.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Prevention of practices likely to mislead or deceive the consumer. 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:    
ISO 3534-1: 1993 Statistics - vocabulary and sy mbols - Part 1: Probability and general 
statistical terms.  Guide to the expression of uncertainty in me asurement, first edition, 1993, corrected and 
reprinted 1995, International Organization for Standardization (Geneva, Switzerland). 
 OIML R 79 Labeling requirements for prepackaged products. OIML, Paris, 1997.  OIML R 87 Quantity of product in prepackages. OIML, Paris, 2004.   
Decree No. 22268-MEIC – Costa Rican Standard (NCR) 148:1993 Metrología. Contenido 
neto de preempacados  (Metrology. Net contents of prepackages). La Gaceta  No. 132 of 
13 July 1993.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date of publication in La Gaceta (Official Journal) 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the 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 
 
Website:            www.reglatec.go.cr