WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.281
2July1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2696)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: COSTA RICA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofAgriculture andLivestock
Directorate-General ofAgricultural Protection
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): 1302, 1302192000, 3808,
38081000, 3808100010, 3808100090, 38082000, 3808200010, 3808200090,
3808300000, 38089090, 3808909010, 3808909090.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Technical Regulation
RTCR 320:1997. Biological andBiochemical Agricultural Pesticides. Labelling.
(12pages )
6. Description ofcontent: Intended toestablish theminimum requirements thatmust be
satisfied forregistration purposes bylabels usedinCosta Ricaforbiological andorganic
agricultural pesticides solddomestically foruseintheagricultural sector.
7. Objective andrationale: Toprevent theconsumer being misled byalabelwhich isfalse,
ambiguous ordeceptive orlikely insome waytocreate anerroneous impression with
respect tosome aspect ofitsnature.
8. Relevant documents: Technical Regulation, RTCR 320:1997. Biological and
biochemical agricultural pesticides. Labelling. InSpanish, willbepublished inthe
Official Journal "LaGaceta", onadatetobedetermined.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
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10. Final dateforcomments: 60days
Ministry ofAgriculture andLivestock
Directorate ofAgricultural Protection
Department ofAgricultural Inputs
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body:
Ministry ofAgriculture andLivestock
Directorate ofAgricultural Protection
Centre forInformation onPlant andAnimal Health forTrade
P.O.Box: 10094-1000 SanJosé, Costa Rica
Tel: (506) 260-6190
Fax: (506) 260-829
E-mail: protagro@sol.racsa.co.cr