. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/55 
5 December 2006 
 (06-5826) 
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 Comerc io.  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 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  
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   ICS: 67.080 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Reglamento Técnico 
RTCR 399:2006 Chile Dulce para Consumo en Estado Fresco  (Costa Rican Technical 
Regulation RTCR 399:2006 Fresh Sweet Peppers for Consumption)  (10 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this Technical Regulation is to define the quality, 
safety, packaging and labelling requirements fo r fresh domestic and im ported sweet peppers 
(Capsicum annun ) for consumption in Costa Rica. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Protection of human health. G/TBT/N/CRI/55 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• Normas de calidad para hortalizas y fr utas destinadas al mercado interior 
(Recopilación de textos dispositivos) (Quality Standards for Vegetables and Fruit 
Destined for the Domestic Market) (Comp ilation of regulatory texts). Agricultural, 
Fishery and Food Publications, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Madrid, 1986. Pages 81-83. 
 
• Comprehensive Agricultural Marketing Programme (PIMA) - National Food 
Supply and Distribution Centre (CENADA), 2001. Guía N° 1 para el manejo de 
chile dulce a comercializar en CENADA  (Manual No. 1 on the Handling of Sweet 
Peppers for Marketing in the CENADA). PIMA-CENADA, San José, Costa Rica, 
12 pages. 
 
• PIMA-CENADA, undated.  Comercialización hortifrutícola en CENADA  (Fruit and 
Vegetable Marketing in the CENADA). PIMA-CENADA,  San José, Costa Rica.  
Pages 7-8. 
 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal La 
Gaceta de Costa Rica  
Two months after publication in the Official 
Journal La Gaceta  
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:  
Centro de Información de Obst áculos Técnicos al Comercio 
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio - MEIC 
Apartado Postal. 10216-1000 
Web site:  http://www.reglatec.go.cr  
WTO contact point: crotc@meic.go.cr 
San José 
Costa Rica Tel.:  (+506) 235 2700, Ext. 221 or 203 Fax: (+506) 297 1439 or (+506) 236 7192  
Full text available online at:   
http://www.reglatec.go.cr/comites/Borrador_RT_Chiledulce.pdf