translate English to French: Costa Rican legislation seemed to treat commercial sexual exploitation and prostitution as though they were synonyms, whereas in fact the two phenomena were not identical.According to information that the Committee had received, child prostitution and child pornography were not covered by the Children and Adolescents Code of 1998.
La législation costaricienne semble assimiler exploitation sexuelle commerciale et prostitution, alors qu'en fait il s'agit de deux phénomènes distincts.  Selon les informations transmises au Comité, le Code des enfants et des adolescents de 1998 ne traite pas de la prostitution des enfants et de la pornographie mettant en scène des enfants.