El Gobierno de la República de Costa Rica informa que notificó el 04 de junio de 2004 el RTCR: 383: 2004, Reglamento Técnico Nacional para Cementos Hidráulicos, bajo la signatura G/TBT/N/CRI/9, con la finalidad de definir los parámetros de calidad de los cementos hidráulicos y de los componentes de éstos que normalmente se usan en el territorio nacional, sean producidas localmente o importados. Así como establecer la clasificación de dichos cementos por tipos, con sus respectivas especificaciones. ; ; Razón por la cual, se le comunica a los países miembros, que se realiza este Addendum informando la reforma de los siguientes puntos: ; ; 1. Se reforma el acápite 5 Toma de Muestras, el acápite 7 De la Verificación o Control de la Calidad, el numeral 11.3 del acápite 11 Tablas y la Tabla 3 denominada Requerimientos químicos para cementos hidráulicos del Artículo 1° del Decreto Ejecutivo N° 32253-MEIC, RTCR 383:2004 Cementos Hidráulicos. Especificaciones del 01 de octubre de 2004 y su reforma. ; ; 2. Se adiciona un párrafo al artículo 5º, inciso 1º, acápite b) del Decreto Ejecutivo N° 28113-S de 10 de setiembre de 1999, Reglamento para el Registro de Productos Peligrosos, o la versión vigente, publicado en el Alcance N° 74 al Diario Oficial La Gaceta N° 194 del 06 de octubre de 1999. ; ; 3. Se adicionan los numerales 2.21 a 2.26 del acápite 2 Documentos de Referencia, el numeral 6.2 y el 6.3 del acápite 6 Métodos de Análisis, un nuevo acápite 10 Verificación y consecuentemente se corre la numeración a fin de que el acápite 10 pase a conformar el acápite 11 y se le pueda adicionar los numerales del 11.8 a 11.13, del nuevo numeral 11 Bibliografía. Todo perteneciente al Artículo 1° del Decreto Ejecutivo N° 32253-MEIC, RTCR 383:2004 Cementos Hidráulicos. Especificaciones del 01 de octubre de 2004 y su reforma. ; ; 4. Se deroga el numeral 9.2.7 del acápite 9 Etiquetado, perteneciente al Artículo 1° del Decreto Ejecutivo N° 32253-MEIC, RTCR 383:2004 Cementos Hidráulicos y el Decreto Ejecutivo N° 32254-MEIC, Reglamento para el Registro de Productores e Importadores de Cemento, publicado en La Gaceta N° 50 del 11 de marzo de 2005 y su reforma. ; ; 5. Se genera un Transitorio Único. ; ; Dado que nuestro país está urgido de esta reglamentación, se brinda como plazo para recibir observaciones, hasta el 31 de Marzo de 2013. ; ; El documento puede ser solicitado a la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://www.meic.go.cr/reglatec/consulta/cemento.pdf ; ; Centro de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio ; ; Sitio en Internet: http://www.reglatec.go.cr ; Punto de Contacto OMC: [email protected] ; Teléfono: (506) 2291-2115, ext. 206 ; Fax: (506) 2291-2015 ; San José, Costa Rica ; http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/tbt/CRI/13_0957_00_s.pdf

Distribution date: 06 March 2013
Products Covered: HS tariff item No. 2523.90.00.00
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Partial amendment to the Minimum Requirements for Biological Products (4 pages, available in English).

Distribution date: 01 March 2013 | Final date for Comment: 01 April 2013
The Minimum Requirements for Biological Products are to be partially amended to add new interchangeable methods to the standard for vaccines and blood products, etc.
Products Covered: Drugs (HS:30)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Partial amendment to the Minimum Requirements for Biological Products (4 pages, available in English).

Distribution date: 01 March 2013 | Final date for Comment: 01 April 2013
The Minimum Requirements for Biological Products are to be partially amended to add new interchangeable methods to the standard for vaccines and blood products, etc.
Products Covered: Drugs (HS:30)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Draft of the Eurasian Economic Commission Council Decision on Amendments to the Customs Union Commission Decision on Common System of Joint Inspection of Objects and Sampling Goods (Products) Subject to Veterinary Control (Supervision) No. 834 as of 18 October 2011

Distribution date: 27 February 2013 | Final date for Comment: 01 April 2013
The document introduces amendments to CU legislation specifically to the Chapters II, IV, X and XI of the Regulation on veterinary control at the Customs Border of the Customs Union and on the customs territory of the Customs Union. These amendments were designed to unify approaches while conducting monitoring analyses of the goods (products). This document also specifies the terms of listing establishments into the Register of establishments of third countries.
Products Covered: HS Codes: 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205 00, 0206, 0207, 0208, 0209, 0210, 0301, 0302, 0303, 0304, 0305, 0306, 0307, 0308, 0401, 0402, 0403, 0404, 0405, 0406, 0407, 0408, 0504 00 000 0, 1601 00, 1602, 1604, 1605, from 2105 00, from 2106, from 3501, 3503 00
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Draft of the Eurasian Economic Commission Council Decision on Amendments to the Customs Union Commission Decision on Common System of Joint Inspection of Objects and Sampling Goods (Products) Subject to Veterinary Control (Supervision) No. 834 as of 18 October 2011

Distribution date: 27 February 2013 | Final date for Comment: 01 April 2013
The document introduces amendments to CU legislation specifically to the Chapters II, IV, X and XI of the Regulation on veterinary control at the Customs Border of the Customs Union and on the customs territory of the Customs Union. These amendments were designed to unify approaches while conducting monitoring analyses of the goods (products). This document also specifies the terms of listing establishments into the Register of establishments of third countries.
Products Covered: HS Codes: 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205 00, 0206, 0207, 0208, 0209, 0210, 0301, 0302, 0303, 0304, 0305, 0306, 0307, 0308, 0401, 0402, 0403, 0404, 0405, 0406, 0407, 0408, 0504 00 000 0, 1601 00, 1602, 1604, 1605, from 2105 00, from 2106, from 3501, 3503 00
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Partial revision of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia, Sixteenth edition (1 page, available in English)

Distribution date: 25 February 2013 | Final date for Comment: 26 April 2013
Under the provision of Article 41 of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law, the Japanese Pharmacopoeia, Sixteenth edition are to be revised.
Products Covered: Drugs (HS:30)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Partial revision of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia, Sixteenth edition (1 page, available in English)

Distribution date: 25 February 2013 | Final date for Comment: 26 April 2013
Under the provision of Article 41 of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law, the Japanese Pharmacopoeia, Sixteenth edition are to be revised.
Products Covered: Drugs (HS:30)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
This corrigendum is to inform that the URL in notification G/TBT/N/TUR/18 should be read as follows: ; http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/tbt/TUR/13_0094_00_x.pdf

Distribution date: 12 February 2013
Products Covered: Communiqué on some industrial products which are subject to control to check conformity with mandatory standards (HS Code; Listed in Annex-1).
Regulation Type: Corrigendum to Regular Notification
Acuerdo Ministerial No. 016-2012 Suspende temporalmente, por el plazo de un año prorrogable, el registro sanitario de los medicamentos veterinarios que en su composición contengan moléculas a base de Ivermectina, Abamectina y Doramectina, ya sea solas o combinadas

Distribution date: 18 February 2013
The notified text suspends, on a temporary basis, for an extendable period of one year, the sanitary registration of veterinary drugs for production animals containing ivermectin-, abamectin- and doramectin-based molecules, whether alone or combined, the residue persistence and withdrawal period of which exceed 28 days from when they were last administered. Establishments formulating, importing and distributing such drugs are to provide the Animal Health Directorate with a list of the preparations subject to this Decision seven working days at the latest after its publication in the Official Journal La Gaceta. The marketing, distribution and storage of preparations governed by this instrument that are to be found with importers and distributors and in veterinary pharmacies are permitted for a period not exceeding nine months from the entry into force of the Decision. Once this period of time is over, any imports will be confiscated without right to compensation, or rejected at the owner's expense. After the abovementioned period of time, the domestic manufacture, importation, distribution, storage and use of veterinary drugs governed by this Decision will be prohibited. Upon the entry into force of this Decision, MAGFOR, through the DirectorateGeneral of Agricultural and Livestock Protection and Health (DGPSA), will only authorize the importation of preparations governed by this provision for which applications are presented in the first three months following the entry into force of the Decision. Once this period is over, applications for importing such products will no longer be considered.
Products Covered: Medicamentos veterinarios
Regulation Type: Regular notification
This corrigendum is to inform that the URL in notification G/TBT/N/TUR/18 should be read as follows: ; http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/tbt/TUR/13_0094_00_x.pdf

Distribution date: 12 February 2013
Products Covered: Communiqué on some industrial products which are subject to control to check conformity with mandatory standards (HS Code; Listed in Annex-1).
Regulation Type: Corrigendum to Regular Notification
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