. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/76 
11 July 2008 
 (08-3356) 
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:   COSTA RICA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):       
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio, (Ministry of the 
Economy, Industry and Trade), Órgano de Reglamentación Técnica  (Technical Regulation 
Body), Tel.:  + (506) 2235 2700, ext. 206/203 or + (506) 2297 1439 
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:  
TBT Enquiry Point 
Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade – MEIC 
Apartado Postal. 10216-1000, San José 
Tel.: + (506) 2235 2700, ext. 221 
Fax: + (506) 2297 1439 E-mail:  crotc@meic.go.cr  Web site: http://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):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code  67.120 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCR No. 411:2008.  
Productos cárnicos embutidos: salchicha,  salchichón, mortadela y chorizo. 
Especificaciones (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 411:2008 Sausage-type 
products:  sausage, salami, mortadella and choriz o.  Specifications (30 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This technical regulation establishes the physical, chemical and 
sanitary specifications that must be met by th e meat products designated therein:  sausage, 
salami, mortadella and chorizo. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and life G/TBT/N/CRI/76 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Executive Decree No. 29588 MAG-S.  Reglamento Sanitario y de 
Inspección Veterinaria de Mataderos, Producción y Procesamiento de Carnes  (Health and 
Veterinary Inspection Regulation on Aba ttoirs and Meat Production and Processing), 
published in La Gaceta  (Official Journal) No. 120 of 22 June 2002. 
Executive Decree No. 26012-MEIC.  Etiquetado de los Alimentos Preenvasados  (Labelling 
of Pre-Packaged Foods), published in La Gaceta  (Official Journal) No. 91 of 14 May 1997. 
Executive Decree No. 30256-S.  Etiquetado Nutricional de los alimentos preenvasados  
(Nutritional Labelling of Pre-Packaged Foods), published in La Gaceta  (Official Journal) 
No. 71 of 15 April 2002. 
Executive Decree No. 29660-MEIC.  Metrología, Unidades Legales de Medida  (Metrology, 
Legal Units of Measurement), published in La Gaceta  (Official Journal) No. 151 of 
8 August 2001. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
6 months following its publication in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as 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:  
TBT Enquiry Point 
Web site:  http://www.reglatec.go.cr  
WTO contact point:  crotc@meic.go.cr  
San José, Costa Rica 
Tel: + (506) 2235 2700, ext. 221 Fax: + (506) 2297 1439 
The full text of the draft Regulation is available online at: http://www.reglatec.go.cr/propuestas/RTCR411-2008embutidosfinal.pdf
 
and: 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2008/tbt/cri/08_2061_00_s.pdf