WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99/600
23 December 1999
(99-5571)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   COSTA RICA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   9029.10.00.00
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Metrology,
Measuring Instruments, Electronic Taxi Meters (11 pages)
6. Description of content:   Establishes the basic technical and metrological requirements, the
limits and checks for electronic taxi meters and their accessories.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   
Consumer safety
8. Relevant documents:   Official Mexican Standard NOM-007-SCFI-1997. Measuring
Instruments, Electronic Taxi Meters.  International Recommendation 0IML-R-21-1973 Taxi
Meters, International Organization of Legal Metrology.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Six months after publication of the TechnicalRegulations in La Gaceta (Official Journal)
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after the relevant notification in La Gaceta
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:
National Standards Office
Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo FacioSan Pedro de Montes de Oca
Costa Rica
Tel/Fax:  (506) 283 51 33
E-mail:  metrolog@cnp.go.cr