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IP/N/1/CRI/G/4  
 
15 February  2023 
(23-1087) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER  
ARTICLE 63.2  OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
COSTA RICA: EXECUTIVE DECREE NO. 33743 -J-COMEX – REGULATIONS  IMPLEMENTING  
THE PROVISIONS ON GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS  AND APPELLATIONS OF ORIGIN,  
CONTAINED IN THE LAW ON TRADEMARKS  AND OTHER  DISTINCTIVE SIGNS,  
LAW NO. 7978 OF 6 JANUARY 2000  
Notifying Member  COSTA  RICA  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Executive Decree No. 33743 -J-COMEX - Regulations implementing the 
Provisions on Geographical Indications and Appellations of Origin, contained 
in the Law on Trademarks and Other Distinctive Signs, Law No. 7978 of 6 
January 2000  
Subject matter  Geographical indications  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/CRI/23_0753_00_s.pdf  
Notification status  [X] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  Not applicable  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Executive Decree No. 33743 regulates the procedure for registering geographical indications. In this 
connection, it clarifies the process for registering domestic, foreign geographical indications under a 
trade instrument and the Lisbon Agreement.  
 
Langu age(s) of 
notified legal text  Spanish  
Entry into force  17 May 2007  
Other date  Publication: 17 May 2007  IP/N/1/CRI/22 • IP/N/1/CRI/G/4  
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Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  26 January  2023  
Other information  See also: Ley No. 7978 - Ley de Marcas y Otros Signos Distintivos y sus 
reformas (IP/N/1/CRI/19 ) 
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Registro de Propiedad Intelectual  (Intellectual Property Registry)  
secretariapi@rnp.go.cr  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  