WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.282
2July1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2697)
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): Balanced feedstuffs.
Raw materials foranimal nutrition, ofanimal, plant ormineral origin, vitamin and
mineral pre-mixtures oradditives foruseinpreserving feedstuffs orinanimal nutrition.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: LawfortheControl
ofthePreparation andSaleofAnimal Feedstuffs (one page). Regulations forthe
Control ofthePreparation andSaleofAnimal Feedstuffs (6pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Law6883 consists of22articles ofwhich thefirstfourconcern
thedepartment responsible foritsimplementation. Thefourth stipulates thatthere must
bealabel guaranteeing thequality oftherawmaterials, pre-mixtures andfeedstuffs.
Thesixth andseventh impose obligations onfeedstuff manufacturers. Theeighth
specifies theusetobemade ofthetaxcollected exclusively forthepurposes oftheLaw.
Theninth establishes theofficial laboratory intheUniversity ofCosta Rica. Thetenth
requires theMinistry ofAgriculture andLivestock toappoint inspectors andliststheir
duties. Articles 11through 21dealwiththesanctions andpenalties forthose who
infringe theLaw. Article 22authorizes theopening ofacurrent account forhandling
thefunds derived from thetax.
TheRegulations consist of48articles in20chapters: I.Definitions and
technical concepts. II.Product registration (Articles 2to6).III.Form. IV.Names
ofproducts and/or animal species andtheir purpose (Article 11,(a)to(k)).
VI. Contents ofthelabel (Article 12). VII. Useofdrugs, additives andnon-protein
nitrogen (Article 13). VIII. Useofnon-protein nitrogen (Article 14). IX.Drugs and
additives (Article 15,(a)and(b)). X.Badlabelling (Article 16).XI.Adulteration and
contamination (Articles 17and18). XII. Taxes. XIII. Notifications which the
Registry mayormust make withrespect tothemanufacture, importation andsaleof
feedstuffs andrawmaterials (Articles 20and21). XIV. Obligations andrestrictions on
persons inrelation tofeedstuffs andthelike.XV. Authorities, theirpowers andcertain
special measures. XVI. Inspections andother procedures. XVII. Sampling
(Articles 32and33).XVII. Laboratories andofficial analysis. XVIII. Installation and
equipment ofanimal feedstuff plants (Articles 36to39), XX. Special measures
(Articles 40to48).
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7. Objective andrationale: Toensure healthy andbalanced animal nutrition inorder to
maintain thevitalandproductive functions oftheanimals, since theirdiethasadirect
impact onthequality andquantity oftheproducts andby-products used forhuman
consumption. Toapply modern biological knowledge tothepreparation ofanimal
feedstuffs inorder topromote theuseofmodern production methods inthelivestock
industry.
8. Relevant documents: Law 6883, Official Journal "La Gaceta" No. 182 of
27September 1983, inSpanish. Executive Decree Regulations 16899-MAG, Official
Journal "LaGaceta" No.68of10April 1986, inSpanish.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:27September 1983
10. Final dateforcomments: 60days
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments:
Ministry ofAgriculture andLivestock
Directorate ofAgricultural Protection
Department ofVeterinary Drugs
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) 260-8291
E-mail: protagro@sol.racsa.co.cr