. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CRI/123 
14 October 2011 
 (11-5060) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   COSTA RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:    
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio   
(Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade) 
Departamento de Reglamentación Técnica  
(Technical Regulation Department) 
Tel.: +(506) 2291-2115, Ext. 206 or +(506) 2291-2015 
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, 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 
Apartado Postal 10216-1000 Tel.: +(506) 2291-2115, Ext. 206 Fax: +(506) 2291-2015 E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr  
Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:   Transparency 
(adoption of CODEX STAN 118-1979). 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   ICS 67.040 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCR 457:2011:  
Reglamento técnico para alimentos para regímenes especiales destinados a personas 
intolerantes al gluten (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 457:2011:  Technical 
regulation concerning foods for special dietary u se for persons intolerant to gluten) (8 pages 
in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   Adoption of CODEX STAN 118-1979 on foods for special 
dietary use for persons intolerant to gluten. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable: 
Protection of health. G/TBT/N/CRI/123 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- Executive Decree No. 26012-MEIC, Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) 
No. 100:1997:  Etiquetado de los Alimentos Pre envasados (Labelling of 
pre-packaged foods), published in Official Journal La Gaceta  No. 91 of 14 May 1997. 
- Executive Decree No. 33724-COMEX-S-MEIC, which gives effect to Resolution 
No. 176-2006 (COMIECOXXXVIII), Centra l American Technical Regulation 
(RTCA) No. 67.01.33:06:  Industria de Alimentos y Be bidas Procesados.  Buenas 
Prácticas de Manufactura para la industria de alimentos (Processed food and 
beverage industry.  Good manufacturing prac tices for the food industry), published in 
Official Journal La Gaceta  No. 82 of 30 April 2007. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date of publication in the Official Journal 
La Gaceta  
Six months after publication in the Official 
Journal La Gaceta  
10. Final date for comments:   Not applicable 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
TBT Enquiry Point 
San José, Costa Rica Tel.: (+506) 2291-2115, Ext. 206 Fax: (+506) 2291-2015 
E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr  
Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr  
 
Full text of the document: 
RTCR 457:2011:  Reglamento Técnico para Alimentos para Regímenes Especiales 
destinados a personas intolerantes al gluten (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) 
No. 457:2011:  Technical regulation concerning foods for special dietary use for persons intolerant to gluten) 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/tbt/CRI/11_3341_00_s.pdf