. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CRI/54 
20 July 2007 
 (07-3102)  
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Instituto Costarricense de Pesca y Acuicultura , INCOPESCA (Costa 
Rican Fisheries and Aquaculture Institute) 
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):  Fishery products 
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:  Reglamento sobre 
Procedimiento de Registro de Temperatura de Productos Hidrobiológicos a Bordo de las 
Embarcaciones con Licencia de Pesca Comercial Artesanal Media y Avanzada, de 
Bandera Extranjera y en los Puestos de Recibo y Centros de Acopio  (Regulations on the 
procedure for recording the temperature of  hydrobiological products on board vessels 
licensed for medium-scale or advanced comme rcial artisanal fishing, including foreign-
flagged vessels, and in reception and collecti on centres).  Published in Official Journal La 
Gaceta No. 23 of 1 February 2007 (6 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:  The notified text refers to the procedure for taking and recording 
the temperatures of hydrobiological products  on board national and foreign-flagged 
vessels.   
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline 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:    
 
 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Chapter II, Article 5 
of Law No. 7384 establishing the Costa Ri can Fisheries and Aquaculture Institute 
(INCOPESCA), in which INCOPESCA is made re sponsible for regulating the supply of 
fishery products destined for human consumption on the domestic market, the supply of raw material for the domestic fishing indus try, and the marketing of fishery and 
aquaculture products. 
Ley 8436 de Pesca y Acuicultura  (Fisheries and Aquaculture Law No. 8436), Article 99 of 
which provides that whoever markets and pr ocesses marine, fishery and aquaculture 
resources shall be subject to the marketing, health, quality and inspection standards set by 
the competent authorities in that respect. 
Reglamento sobre Procedimiento de Re gistro de Temperatura de Productos 
Hidrobiológicos a Bordo de las Embarcaciones con Licencia de Pesca Comercial Artesanal Media y Avanzada, de Bandera Extranj era y en los Puestos de Recibo y Centros 
de Acopio  (Regulations on the procedure for recording the temperature of hydrobiological 
products on board vessels licensed for medium -scale or advanced commercial artisanal 
fishing, including foreign-flagged vessels,  and in reception and collection centres). 
Published in Official Journal La Gaceta  No. 23 of 1 February 2007 (6 pages, in Spanish)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Six months after publication in the Official Journal La 
Gaceta   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 August 2007 
12. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of notification 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:     
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National 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 y Se rvicio Nacional de Salud Animal 
Centro de Información y Notificación en  Medidas Sanitarias y Fitosanitarias 
Apartado Postal 70-3006 
Barreal de Heredia 
Costa Rica Tel.:  +(506) 260 83 00, ext. 2065 Fax:  +(506) 260 78 31 E-mail:  notificaciones@protecnet.go.cr