WTO notification · TBT
Costa RicaUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Official title
Reglamento técnico nacional para la fortificación con vitamina A del azúcar blanco de plantación para el consumo directo y sus reformas (National Technical Regulation on the fortification with vitamin A of plantation white sugar for direct consumption, and amendments thereto) (5 pages, in Spanish);
Costa Rica issued an addendum on 22 September 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/CRI/150. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 9 July 2015.
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Latest notice (G/TBT/N/CRI/150/Add.1, 22 September 2026)
National Technical Regulation on the fortification with vitamin A of plantation white sugar for direct consumption, and amendments thereto
Articles 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 10 bis, 11, 12, 13, 18, 20, 21, and 22 of Executive Decree No. 27021-S of 30 April 1998, 'Technical Regulation on the fortification with vitamin A of plantation white sugar for direct consumption', published in Official Journal No. 108 on 5 June 1998, have been amended.__________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 notified Technical Regulation applies to refined and plantation white sugar intended for direct human consumption in Costa Rica, whether domestically produced, imported or donated.;
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AddendumG/TBT/N/CRI/150/Add.1
National Technical Regulation on the fortification with vitamin A of plantation white sugar for direct consumption, and amendments thereto
Articles 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 10 bis, 11, 12, 13, 18, 20, 21, and 22 of Executive Decree No. 27021-S of 30 April 1998, 'Technical Regulation on the fortification with vitamin A of plantation white sugar for direct consumption', published in Official Journal No. 108 on 5 June 1998, have been amended.__________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.
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/CRI/150
Reglamento técnico nacional para la fortificación con vitamina A del azúcar blanco de plantación para el consumo directo y sus reformas (National Technical Regulation on the fortification with vitamin A of plantation white sugar for direct consumption, and amendments thereto) (5 pages, in Spanish);
The notified Technical Regulation applies to refined and plantation white sugar intended for direct human consumption in Costa Rica, whether domestically produced, imported or donated.;
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