WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/82 
12 August 2008 
 (08-3811) 
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, 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:  
TBT Enquiry Point 
Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade, MEIC Apartado Postal 10216-1000, San José Tel.: (+506) 2235-2700, Ext. 221 Fax: (+506) 2297-1439  
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):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) Code 67.100.01 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCR 414:2008: 
Yogurt para consumo directo (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 414:2008: 
Yoghurt for direct consumption) (14 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulatio n establishes the classification of 
and the requirements and specifications for yoghur t for direct consumption. It also applies 
to yoghurt that forms part of other foods. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
 
 Protection of human life and hea lth, and consumer information.  G/TBT/N/CRI/82 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• Decreto Ejecutivo  (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 La Gaceta  (Official Journal) No. 132 of 
13 July 1993; 
• Executive Decree No. 23355-MEIC, Costa Rican Standard (NCR) 
No. 26:1994:  Metrología, Sistema Internacional de Unidades (SI)  
(Metrology: International system of units) and amendments thereto, published in Official Journa l No. 114 of 15 June 1994; 
• Executive Decree 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; 
• Executive Decree No. 30256-MEIC-S, Costa Rican Technical Regulation 
(RTCR) No. 135:2002:  Etiquetado Nutricional de los Alimentos 
Preenvasados  (Nutrition labelling of pre-p ackaged foods) and amendments 
thereto, published in Official Journal No. 71 of 15 April 2002; 
• Executive Decree No. 31595-S: Reglamento de Notificación de Materias 
Primas, Registro Sanitario, Importaci ón, Desalmacenaje y Vigilancia de 
Alimentos  (Regulation on the notification of raw materials and the sanitary 
registration, importation, customs cl earance and monitoring of foodstuffs) 
and amendments thereto, published in Official Journal No. 16 of 
23 January 2004; 
• Executive Decree No. 33288-MEIC-M AG-S, Costa Rican Technical 
Regulation (RTCR) No. 395:2006:  Para el Uso de Términos Lecheras  
(Use of dairy terms) and amendments thereto, published in Official Journal 
No. 164 of 28 August 2006; 
• Executive Decree No. 33371-COMEX-MEIC.  Resolution No. 168-2006 
(COMIECO XLIX):  Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 01.01.11:06:  Cantidad de Producto en Preempacados  (Quantity of 
product in pre-packages) and amendments thereto, published in Official 
Journal No. 194 of 10 October 2006; 
• Executive Decree No. 33812 MEIC-M AG-S, Costa Ri can Technical 
Regulation (RTCR) No. 401-2006:  Leche cruda y leche higienizada  (Raw 
milk and processed milk) and amendmen ts thereto, published in Official 
Journal No. 112 of 12 June 2007. 
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  G/TBT/N/CRI/82 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and web site addresses, if available, of other body: 
TBT Enquiry Point 
San José, Costa Rica E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr 
Web site: http://www.reglatec.go.cr 
Tel.: (+506) 2235-2700, Ext. 221 Fax: (+506) 2297-1439 or 2236-7192 
The full text of the text is available online at: http://www.reglatec.go.cr/propuestas/RT%20Yogurt%20OMC.p
df 
and 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2008/tbt/cri/08_2287_00_s.pdf