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RTCR 475:2015 Electrical products. Conductors and Electrical Extension Cords. Specifications (33 pages, in Spanish)
RTCR 475:2015 Productos eléctricos. Conductores y Extensiones Eléctricas. Especificaciones (33 páginas, en español)
Costa Rica issued an addendum on 12 October 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/CRI/149. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 25 June 2015. The comment period closed on 24 August 2015.
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29.060.01
29.060.01
Latest notice (G/TBT/N/CRI/149/Add.3, 12 October 2026)
The latest notice says the measure was adopted or published.
Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 475:2015: Electrical products. Electrical conductors and extension cords. Specifications; (33 pages, in Spanish)
Granting of regulatory equivalence between Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 475:2015: 'Electrical products. Electrical conductors and extension cords. Specifications' and the Technical Regulation on Electrical Installations (RETIE), Medium-voltage power cables.__________1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified measure and/or interpretative guidance can be obtained.
The object of this Regulation (Reglamento) is to establish the technical specifications, marking and labeling of conductors for use in electrical installations in all types of buildings and of electrical extensions for temporary use used in the national territory, whether produced locally or imported and marketed in the country, in order to prevent and minimize safety risks to the life and integrity of persons and their property.
Este reglamento tiene por objeto establecer las especificaciones técnicas, marcado y etiquetado de conductores para uso en las instalaciones eléctricas en todo tipo de edificaciones y de las extensiones eléctricas de uso temporal que se usan en el territorio nacional, sean producidos localmente o importados comercializan en el país, con el fin de prevenir y minimizar riesgos en materia de seguridad para la vida e integridad de las personas y de sus bienes.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/CRI/149/Add.3
Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 475:2015: Electrical products. Electrical conductors and extension cords. Specifications; (33 pages, in Spanish)
Granting of regulatory equivalence between Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 475:2015: 'Electrical products. Electrical conductors and extension cords. Specifications' and the Technical Regulation on Electrical Installations (RETIE), Medium-voltage power cables.__________1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified measure and/or interpretative guidance can be obtained.
AddendumG/TBT/N/CRI/149/Add.2
Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 475:2015: Electrical products. Electrical conductors and extension cords. Specifications
Approval is hereby issued for the equivalence between technical regulation Mexican Official Standard NOM-063-SCFI-2001: Electrical Products - Conductors – Safety requirements (Section III. Conductors with polyvinyl chloride thermoplastic insulation, for installations not exceeding 600 V), and Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 475:2015: Electrical products. Electrical conductors and extension cords. Specifications.__________1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified measure and/or interpretative guidance can be obtained.
AddendumG/TBT/N/CRI/149/Add.1
Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 475:2015: Electrical products. Electrical conductors and extension cords. Specifications
The normative equivalence between technical regulation 'Mexican Official Standard NOM-063-SCFI-2001: Electrical products - Conductors - Safety requirements', its normative reference 'Mexican Standard NMX-J-061-ANCE-2015: Conductors - Message-supported overhead distribution multicore cables and low-voltage underground distribution cables - Specifications' and 'Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 475:2015: Electrical products. Electrical conductors and extension cords. Specifications' (Executive Decree No. 39377-MEIC) has been approved. __________
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/CRI/149
Comment deadline: Closed on 24 August 2015
RTCR 475:2015 Electrical products. Conductors and Electrical Extension Cords. Specifications (33 pages, in Spanish)
RTCR 475:2015 Productos eléctricos. Conductores y Extensiones Eléctricas. Especificaciones (33 páginas, en español)
The object of this Regulation (Reglamento) is to establish the technical specifications, marking and labeling of conductors for use in electrical installations in all types of buildings and of electrical extensions for temporary use used in the national territory, whether produced locally or imported and marketed in the country, in order to prevent and minimize safety risks to the life and integrity of persons and their property.
Este reglamento tiene por objeto establecer las especificaciones técnicas, marcado y etiquetado de conductores para uso en las instalaciones eléctricas en todo tipo de edificaciones y de las extensiones eléctricas de uso temporal que se usan en el territorio nacional, sean producidos localmente o importados comercializan en el país, con el fin de prevenir y minimizar riesgos en materia de seguridad para la vida e integridad de las personas y de sus bienes.
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WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for commentsNew
Costa Rica notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 28 October 2026. Comments are open until 27 December 2026.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/CRI/374Comments until 27 December 2026
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The purpose of the notified Regulation is to establish the maximum energy consumption levels, test method, conformity assessment procedure and labelling for household refrigerators and freezers operated using hermetic motor-driven compressors, which are manufactured or marketed in, or imported…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CRI/198/Add.9Comment period closed
WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for commentsNew
Costa Rica notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 20 October 2026. Comments are open until 19 December 2026.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/CRI/373Comments until 19 December 2026
WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for commentsNew
Costa Rica notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 20 October 2026. Comments are open until 19 December 2026.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/CRI/372Comments until 19 December 2026
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