. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/56 
5 December 2006 
 (06-5824) 
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 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) 235-2700, ext. 206/203 
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 Standa rds (ICS) code 67.100 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Reglamento Técnico 
RTCR 401:2006: Leche Cruda y Leche Higienizada.  Especificaciones  (Costa Rican 
Technical Regulation RTCR 401:2006:  Raw milk and processed milk. Specifications) (17 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this Technical Regulation is to establish the types 
and define the characteristics of liquid milk marketed directly for human consumption. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
 
 Protection of human health. 
8. Relevant documents:    
• 2002.  Decreto Ejecutivo  (Executive Decree) No. 30256-MEIC-S, Official Journal 
La Gaceta  No. 71 of 15 April 2002, and amendments thereto.  RTCR 135:2002:  
Etiquetado Nutricional de los Alimentos Preenvasados  (Nutritional labelling of pre-
packaged food).  San José, Cost a Rica, National printing works. G/TBT/N/CRI/56 
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  • 2006.  Decreto Ejecutivo  (Executive Decree) No. 33288 MEIC-MAG-S, Official 
Journal La Gaceta  No. 164 of 28 August 2006.  RTCR 395-2006:  Para el Uso de 
Términos Lecheros  (Use of dairy terms).  San José, Costa Rica, National printing 
works. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal 
La  Gaceta 
Six months after publication in the Official 
Journal. 
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 Website addresses, 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 San José, Costa Rica Tel.:  (+506) 235-2700, Ext. 221 or 203 
Fax: (+506) 297-1439 or (+506) 236-7192 
E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr Web site: http://www.reglatec.go.cr Full text available online at: http://www.reglatec.go.cr/comites/RTLecheCrudaHigienizada.pdf