WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CRI/71 
22 December 2008 
 (08-6293) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COSTA RICA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, Servicio Nacional de Salud 
Animal  – SENASA (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, National Animal Health 
Service)  
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):  ICS code 67.100  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Reglamento Técnico 
RTCR 423:2008 Leche en polvo para consumo directo  (Costa Rican Technical 
Regulation (RTCR) 423:2008:  Milk powder for di rect consumption).  Text available at: 
http://www.senasa.go.cr/documentosenconsultaOMC.html  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/sps/CRI/08_3994_00_s.pdf  
Language:  Spanish  Number of pages:  15 
6. Description of content:  The notified technical regulation concerns milk powder intended 
for direct consumption or further processing.  It does not apply to milk powder blended with vegetable fat.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [    ] plant 
protection, [  X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect 
territory from other damage from pests        
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)  
[ X ] None G/SPS/N/CRI/71 
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  8. (Cont'd) 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [   ] Yes   [ X ] No  
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
• Costa Rica, 1993.  Executive Decree No. 22268-MEIC, Costa Rican Standard (NCR) 
No. 148:1993:  Metrología :  Contenido Neto de Productos Preempacados (Metrology:  
Net Contents of Pre-Packaged Products) and amendments thereto, published in Official 
Journal ( La Gaceta ) No. 132 of 13 July 1993; 
• Costa Rica.  Executive D ecree No. 23355-MEIC, Costa Rican Standard (NCR) 
No. 26:1994:  Metrología, Sistema Internacional de Unidades (SI)  (Metrology, 
International System of Units) and amendm ents thereto, published in Official 
Journal No. 114 of 15 June 1994; 
• Costa Rica.  Executive Decree No. 26012- MEIC, Costa Rican Standard (RTCR) 
No. 100:1997:  Etiquetado de los Alimentos Preenvasados (Labelling of Pre-Packaged 
Foods) and amendments thereto,   publishe d in Official Journal No. 91 of 14 May 1997;
• Costa Rica.  Executive De cree No. 30256-MEIC-S and amendments thereto, 
Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 135:2002:  Etiquetado Nutricional de 
los Alimentos Preenvasados  (Nutrition Labelling of Pre-Packaged Foods), published in 
Official Journal No. 71 of 15 April 2002; 
• Costa Rica.  Executiv e Decree No. 31595-S, Reglamento de Notificación de Materias 
Primas, Registro Sanitario, Importación, D esalmacenaje y Vigilancia de Alimentos 
(Regulation on the Notification of Raw Ma terials 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 No. 33288- MEIC-MAG-S, Costa Rican Technical 
Regulation (RTCR) No. 395-2006:  Para el Uso de Términos Lecheros  (Use of Dairy 
Terms), published in Official Jour nal No. 164 of 28 August 2006; 
• Central America.  Executive Decree No. 33371-COMEX-MEIC, Central American 
Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 01.01.11:06:  Contenido Neto en Preempacados  
(Net Content of Pre-Packages), COMI ECO Resolution No. 168-2006, published in 
Official Journal No. 194 of 10 October 2006; 
• Costa Rica.  Executive Decree No. 33812- MEIC-MAG-S, Costa Rican Technical 
Regulation (RTCR) No. 401:2007:  Leche Cruda y Leche Higienizada  (Raw Milk and 
Processed Milk) and amendments thereto, published in Official Journal No. 112 of 
12 June 2007.  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 
11. Proposed date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy) :  [   ] Six months from date of 
publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure G/SPS/N/CRI/71 
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  12. Final date for comments:  [ X ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  20 February 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.   Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal (SENASA) Centro de Información y Notificación en  Medidas Sanitarias y Fitosanitarias 
Apartado Postal 70-3006 Barreal de Heredia, Costa Rica Tel.: +(506)22 60 83 00, Ext. 2065 
Fax: +(506) 22 62 78 31 
E-mail: notificaciones@protecnet.go.cr Web site: www.senasa.go.cr