WORLD TRADE G/TBT/N/CRI/124 14 October 2011 ORGANIZATION (11-5052) Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish NOTIFICATION The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 Notifying Member: COSTA RICA If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2): Agency responsible: Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio, Departamento de Reglamentación Técnica (Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade, 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: TBT Enquiry Point Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade, MEIC Apartado Postal 10216-1000, San José Tel.: +(506) 2291-2115, Ext 206 Fax: +(506) 2291-2015 E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr/ Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other: 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 67.100.99 Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: RTCR 454:2011 Reglamento Técnico para leche condensada (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No 454:2011 for condensed milk) (17 pages, in Spanish) Description of content: The notified Regulation applies to condensed milk intended for direct consumption or further processing and defined as such under Section 3.1 of this Regulation Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Consumer information G/TBT/N/CRI/124 Page Relevant documents: - Decreto Ejecutivo (Executive Decree) of the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade No 26012-MEIC of 15 April 1997, Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No 100:1997: Etiquetado de los Alimentos Preenvasados (Labelling of pre-packaged foods) and amendments thereto, published in La Gaceta (Official Journal) No 91 of 14 May 1997; - Executive Decree of the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade No 30256-MEIC-S of 15 January 2002, 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; - Executive Decree of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade No 33371-COMEX-MEIC of 10 August 2006 issuing Resolution No 168-2006 (Council of Ministers for Economic Integration (COMIECO) XLIX), Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No 01.01.11:06: Cantidad de Producto en Preempacados (Quantity of product in pre-packages), published in Official Journal No 194 of 10 October 2006; - Executive Decree of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade and Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock No 35485-COMEX-S-MEIC-MAG of 15 June 2009 issuing Resolution No 243-2009 (COMIECO LV), Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No 67.04.50:08: Alimentos Criterio Microbiológico para la inocuidad de los alimentos (Foods Microbiological criteria for food safety), published in Official Journal No 184 of 22 September 2009; - Executive Decree of the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade No 36463-MEIC of 26 November 2010, Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No 443:2010: Metrología Unidades de Medida Sistema Internacional (SI) (Metrology Measurement units International System (SI)), published in Official Journal No 56 of 21 March 2011 10 Proposed date of adoption: Date of publication in the Official Journal La Gaceta Proposed date of entry into force: Six months after publication in the Official Journal Final date for comments: 60 days as from the date of notification G/TBT/N/CRI/124 Page 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 Apartado postal 10216-1000 Tel.: +(506) 2235-2700, Ext 206 Fax: +(506) 2297-1439 E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr/ The full text of the document is available at: http://www.reglatec.go.cr/consulta/RTCR_454_lechecondomc.pdf and http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2011/tbt/CRI/11_3342_00_s.pdf