. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/45 
31 July 2006 
 (06-3672) 
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), Dirección de 
Mejora Regulatoria y Reglamentación Técnica (Ministry of the Economy, Industry and 
Trade, Regulatory Improvement and Technical Regulation Directorate) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authorit y 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 Tel.: + (506) 235-2700, ext. 221/203 
Fax: + (506) 297-1439 
E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr  Web site: 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   International Classification 
for Standards (ICS) Code 71.100 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCA 71.01.35:06: 
Productos Cosméticos. Registro e Inscri pción Sanitaria de Productos Cosméticos   (Central 
American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 71.01.35:06: Cosmetic products. Sanitary 
registration and authorization of cosmet ic products  (8 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation seeks to establish the conditions 
and requirements for the sanitary registrati on/authorization of cosmetic products for 
marketing.  
 This Regulation does not apply to cosmetic  products used exclusively in the hotel 
trade.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
 Protection of human life and health. 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:    
CONSLEG 1976L0768:  List of substances which cosmetic  products must not contain except 
subject to the restrictions and conditions laid down (by the European Union); 
Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Organization (CTFA),  International Cosmetic Ingredient 
Dictionary and Handbook.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
Six months after publication of the Council of 
Ministers for Central American Economic 
Integration (COMIECO) Resolution 
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 and E-mail and Web site add resses, if available, of other body:    
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio - MEIC 
Apartado Postal 10216-1000 Tel.: + (506) 235-2700, ext. 221/203 Fax: + (506) 297-1439 E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr  
Website: www.reglatec.go.cr  
Full text available online at: http://www.reglatec.go.cr/descargas/RTCA_71_01 _36_06_Etiquetado_Prod_ Cosmeticos.pdf