. /.RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/IT/SPEC/Q1/24
2 March 1999
(99-0798)
Committee of Participants on the Expansion
of Trade in Information Technology ProductsOriginal:  Spanish
REPLIES TO THE SURVEY
Communication from Costa Rica
The following communication, dated 19 February 1999, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of Costa Rica.
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As agreed by the Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in Information
Technology Products at its meetings of 30 October 1997, 3 December 1997 and 12 February 1998, I
have the honour to communicate herewith the replies of Costa Rica to the survey on standards-related
matters for information technology products.G/IT/SPEC/Q1/24
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1. Does your Government have mandatory tec hnical regulations to ensure the safety of
information technology equipment?  If so, plea se identify.  Are these requirements harmonized
with IEC 950?  If not, please explain the current practice.
There are currently no mandatory national technical regulations to ensure the safety of
information technology equipment, nor is there any specific practice in that respect.
2. Does your Government have mandatory technical regulations to ensure electro-
magnetic interference of information technology eq uipment?  If so, please identify.  Are these
requirements harmonized with CISPR  22?  If not, please explain the current practice.
Currently, there are no mandatory national technical regulations concerning electro-magnetic
interference of information technology equipment, nor is there any specific practice in that respect.
3. What conformity assessment procedures, either in respect of the product or the
manufacturing process, does your government require for approval of information technologyproducts (electro-magnetic compatability (EMC ), electrical safety, telecommunications and
radio terminal equipment, and other areas)?
May suppliers perform these procedures (e.g. testing, declaration of conformity), or
must third parties perform these procedures?
What international guidelines or standards, if any, are those procedures based on?
Electronic information technology equipment must comply with the technical regulation
entitled "Official Standard for the Safety and Prop er Functioning of Low-Power Electronic Equipment
for the Household, Office and Workshop", Executive Decree No. 13915-MEIC of 19 July 1982.  This
Standard establishes the general requirements for motor-operated, heating and electronic equipment or
any combinations thereof.  These general requirements concern, inter alia,  voltage, electrical
insulation at operating temperature, elimination of radio interference, humidity resistance, insulation
resistance and electrical strength, protection against electrical discharges or shocks, starting of the
motor, heat, overloading and protection against overloading.
No conformity assessment procedures are currently applied or required to verify that the
products comply with this legislation.
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