. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/75 
24 June 2008 
 (08-3003) 
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:  
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio , MEIC (Ministry of the Economy, Industry 
and Trade) 
Dirección de Mejora Regulatoria y Reglamentación Técnica  (Regulatory Improvement and 
Technical Regulation Directorate) 
Tel.: +(506) 2235-2700, ext. 221 Fax: +(506) 2297-1439  
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: 
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 59.080.01 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  RTCR 415:2008: 
Información Comercial. Etiquetado de Produc tos Textiles, Prendas de Vestir y sus 
Accesorios  (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 415:2008:  Commercial 
information.  Labelling of te xtile products, articles of a pparel and clothing accessories) 
(19 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Regulation seeks to establish the labelling 
requirements for textiles, household linen, ar ticles of apparel and clothing accessories 
offered to the end consumer. 
 The provisions of this Regulation apply to all textile products marketed in 
Costa Rican territory. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Consumer information G/TBT/N/CRI/75 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- Norma Oficial Mexicana  (Mexican Official Standard) NOM-004-SCFI-2006:  
Información Comercial – Etiquetado de Pr oductos Textiles, Prendas de Vestir y sus 
Accesorios  (Commercial information – Labelling of  textile products, articles of apparel 
and clothing accessories); 
- Resolución del Ministerio de Comercio,  Industria y Turismo de Colombia  (Colombian 
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tour ism Resolution) No. 1264 of 26 June 2007, 
published in Diario Oficial  (Colombian Official Journal) No. 46.674 of 29 June 2007; 
- Proyecto de Reglamento Centroamericano  (Draft Central American Technical 
Regulation) RTCA No. 59.01.08:05:  Información Comercial – Etiquetado de Productos 
Textiles, Prendas de Vestir y sus Accesorios  (Commercial information – Labelling of 
textile products, articles of apparel and clothing accessories);  
- Decreto Ejecutivo  (Executive Decree) of the Costa Rican Ministry of the Economy, 
Industry and Trade No. 25989-MEIC, RTCR 235:1997:  Productos textiles. 
Definiciones y requisitos  (Textile products.  Definitions  and requirements), published in 
La Gaceta  (Costa Rican Official Journal) No. 85 of 6 May 1997. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal 
Six months after publication in the Official 
Journal 
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 Web site: http://www.reglatec.go.cr
 
E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr  
Tel.: (+506) 2235-2700, Ext. 221 
Fax: (+506) 2297-1439 
Full text of the draft Regulation available online at: 
http://www.reglatec.go.cr/propuestas/Etiquetadotextiles1205.pdf  
and 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2008/tbt/cri/08_1853_00_s.pdf