WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CRI/1
30 January 2001
(01-0478)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF 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, National Standards
Office
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [     ], 2.10.1 [ X ], 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):   0703.10.1
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Technical
Regulations.  RTCR 69:2000.  Dried onion (7 pages, Spanish).
6. Description of content:   Minimum standards of quality, packaging and labelling for
domestic or imported dried onion destined for consumption in Costa Rica.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Environmental health and protection.
8. Relevant documents:   Economic Commission for Eur ope UN/ECE Standard FFV – 25.
Onions.  United Nations, Geneva 1995.  Mexi co.  Sistema Nacional para el Abasto.
Cebolla.  Ministry of Trade and Industrial Development, 1994.  United States Department
of Agriculture, United States Standards for Grades of Creole Onions, Washington D.C.,
1943.  Spain, Norma de calidad Cebollas.  Ministry of Agriculture, 1979.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Following publication of the technicalregulations in La Gaceta  (Official Journal)
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after the date of publication of the corresponding notice
in La Gaceta  (Official Journal)
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Oficina Nacional de Normas y Unidades de Medida (National Standards Office)
Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio
San Pedro de Montes de Oca, Costa RicaTel. and fax:  (506) 283 51 33
E-mail:  metrología@cnp.go.cr
Apartado 1736-2050 San Pedro de Montes de Oca, Costa Rica