WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/110 
15 February 2011 
 (11-0786) 
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:  
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:  
Centro de Información de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio (TBT Enquiry Point) 
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio , MEIC (Ministry of the Economy, Industry 
and Trade) 
Apartado Postal 10216-1000, San José 
Tel.: +(506) 2235-2700, Ext. 264 Fax: +(506) 2297-1439 E-mail: mailto:crotc@meic.go.cr
 
Website: 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 67.040 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCR 449:2010, 
Reglamento Técnico para el Etiquetado de Productos y Subproductos Acuícolas y 
Silvestres Frescos, Congelados y Descongelados , de Venta a Granel o Preempacado en el 
Punto de Venta (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 449:2010:  Technical 
Regulation on the labelling of fresh, frozen a nd defrosted fishery and aquaculture products 
and by-products sold in bulk or pre-packaged at the point of sale) (13 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The aim of the notified Technical Regulation is to establish the 
basic requirements concerning the information to  be included on the labels of fresh, frozen 
and defrosted fishery and aquaculture products and by-products sold in bulk or pre-packaged at the point of sale.  It app lies to both domestic and imported aquaculture 
products and by-products. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
Prevention of practices liable to mislead or deceive consumers. G/TBT/N/CRI/110 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• Costa Rica.  Decreto Ejecutivo  (Executive Decree) of the Ministry of the Economy, 
Industry and Trade No. 30256-MEIC-S, Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 135:2002:  Etiquetado Nutricional de los Alimentos Preenvasados  (Nutrition 
labelling of pre-packaged food) and amendments thereto, published in La Gaceta  
(Official Journal) No. 71 of 15 April 2002; 
• Costa Rica.  Decree No. 31595-S:  Reglamento de Notificación de Materias Primas, 
Registro Sanitario, Importación, Desalmacenaje y Vigilancia de Alimentos  
(Regulation on the notification of raw materials and the sanitary registration, 
importation, customs clearance and mon itoring of foodstuffs) and amendments 
thereto, published in Official Journal No. 16 of 23 January 2004; 
• Costa Rica.  Executive Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock 
No. 18696-MAG-S:  Reglamento de Inspecciones Veterinarias  (Regulation 
governing veterinary inspections), publis hed in Supplement No. 39 to Official 
Journal No. 239 of 16 December 1988; 
• Costa Rica.  Executiv e Decree of the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade 
No. 26012-MEIC, Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 100:1997:  Etiquetado de los Alimentos Preenvasados  (Labelling of pre-packaged foods) and 
amendments thereto, published in Official Journal No. 91 of 14 May 1997; 
• Costa Rica.  Executive Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock 
No. 34687-MAG:  Reglamento de Límites Máximos Microbiológicos y de Residuos para los Productos y Subproductos de la Pesca y de Acuicultura Destinados al 
Consumo Humano (Regulation establishing the maximum microbiological and residue limits for fishery and aquacultu re products and by-products for human 
consumption), published in Official Journal No. 160 of 20 August 2008; 
• Mexico.  Norma Oficial Mexicana (Mexican Official Standard) 
NOM-027-SSA1-1993:  Bienes y Servicios.  Productos de la pesca.  Pescados frescos, refrigerados y congelados.  Esp ecificaciones sanitarias (Goods and services.  
Fishery products.  Fresh, chilled and frozen fish.  Health specifications); 
• Mexico.  Clarification of Mexican Official Standard NOM-027-SSA1-1993:  Bienes 
y Servicios.  Productos de la pesca.  Pesc ados frescos, refrigerados y congelados.  
Especificaciones sanitarias  (Goods and services.  Fishery products.  Fresh, chilled 
and frozen fish.  Health specifications), published on 3 March 1995; 
• Real Decreto (Royal Decree) No. 121/2004 of 23 January 2004:  Identificación de 
los productos de la pesca, de la acui cultura y del marisqueo vivos, frescos, 
refrigerados o cocidos de España (Identif ication of live, fresh, chilled or cooked 
fishery, aquaculture and shell fishery products from Spain); 
• Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common 
organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products; 
• MERCOSUR Common Market Group Resolution MERCOSUR/GMC/RES 
No. 40/94:  Identidad y Calidad de Pescado Fresco (Identity and quality of fresh 
fish) (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: } To be determined.  G/TBT/N/CRI/110 
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  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 website addresses, if available, of other body:  
TBT Enquiry Point 
San José, Costa Rica Tel.: (+506) 2235-2700, Ext.264 Fax: (+506) 2297-1439 
E-mail: mailto:crotc@meic.go.cr
 
Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr/  
Full text available at:  http://www.reglatec.go.cr/consulta/etiqpescado.pdf  
and http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2011/tbt/cri/11_0245_00_s.pdf