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3 December  2019 
(19-8308) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member: COSTA RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Agricultura  y Ganadería  (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock)  
Tel.: (+506) 2549 -1479 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the noti fication shall be indicated if different from above:  
Información de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio  (TBT Enquiry Point)  
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio , MEIC (Ministry of the Economy, Industry 
and Trade)  
Apartado Postal 10216 -1000 
Tel.: (+506)  2549-1479 
Fax: (+506) 2291 -2015 
Email: crotc@meic.go.cr  
Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr  
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): ICS 
65.100  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Declarar de uso 
restrin gido la importación, fabricación, formulación, almacenamiento, distribución, 
transporte, reempacado, reenvasado, manipulación, mezcla, venta y uso, del plaguicida 
químico de nombre común glifosato, número cas 1071 -83-6, tanto el ingrediente activo 
grado té cnico como las formulaciones registradas  (Declaration of restrictions on  the 
importation, manufacturing, formulation, storage, distribution, transportation, repacking, 
repackaging, handling, blending, sale and use of both the technical -grade active 
ingredi ent and the registered formulations of the pesticide chemical known as  glyphosate, 
CAS No. 1071 -83-6) (10 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified Decree declares the restricted use of the technical -
grade active ingredient known as  glyph osate and the registered formulations thereof.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human life.  
8. Relevant documents:  
n/a G/TBT/N/CRI/186  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  Upon publication in Official Journal La Gaceta.  
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon publication in Official Journal La Gaceta.  
10. Final date for comments: 30 days from notification.  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Centro de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio  (TBT Centre)  
Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr  
WTO contact point: crotc@meic.go.cr /msolera@meic.go.cr  
San José, Costa Rica  
Apartado Postal 10216 -1000 
Tel.: (+506) 2549 -1479 
Fax: (+506) 2291 -2015 
Full text available online at:  
http://www.reglatec.go.cr/reglatec/principal.jsp  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/CRI/19_6853_00_s.pdf  
 